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CREDITS: MAIN CAST:CAST: COPYRIGHTCOPYRIGHT NOTICE: Alex van Warmerdam 414, written andand directeddirected byby Alex van Warmerdam BorgmanBorgman JanJan BijvoetBijvoet GranietGraniet Film, Epidemic,Epidemic, DDF/Angel Films, NTRNTR director of photographyphotography Tom ErismanErisman NSCNSC Marina HadewychHadewych Minis production designdesign Geert ParedisParedis RichardRichard JeroenJeroen PercevalPerceval TECHNICALTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: editor Job terter BurgBurg NCENCE Stine SaraSara HiortHjort Ditlevsen Running Time 113 min music Vincent van Warmerdam llonka Running Time 113 min music Vincent van Warmerdam Ilonka EvaEva van de WiidevenWijdeven GaugeGauge DCPDCP 2K, 24fps, Color costumes Stine Gudmundsen-HolmgreenGudmundsen-Holmgreen BrendaBrenda Annet Malherbe 4 Aspect Ratio cinemascope 1:2.35 Aspect Ratio cinemascope 1:2.35 make upup Marike Willard-Hoogveld PascalPascal Tom Dewispelaere Sound Dolby Stereo 5.1 Peter Warnier Alex van Warmerdam Sound Dolby Stereo 5.1 sound designdesign Peter Warnier LudwigLudwig Alex van Warmerdam CountryCountry of Production TheThe Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark casting Annet MalherbeMalherbe Year 2013 Marc van Warmerdam Year 2013 producer Marc van Warmerdam GenreGenre ThrillerThriller coproducerscop roducers Eurydice Gysel,Gysel, KoenKoen Mortier,Mortier, (4: LanguageLanguage DutchDutch Mogens Glad, TineTine MosegaardMosegaard OriginallyOriginally Shot on ArriArri Alexa, prores,prores, log C444 lineline producerproducer BerryBerry vanvan ZwietenZwieten -.. • M I‘ N. Borgman’s arrival in the tree-linedK-IME avenues of an exclusive residentialI 4.i. area EtItItit is the BEGINNINGbeginning of OF Aa SI F ENTSAIRIONDIKBAREFULLY. series of..1-FD, unsettlingINEAL'ITHYOPI\THfill events around the carefully constructed facade of a wealthy11"Al couple,, their. _ three-.: 11We-ilk children 1,1(iIHE,N and the, :„.• nanny. _. .., .,..,, -1 . N, os tENU EWA •- N - •1:4-- •, • „„ SYNOPSISSYNOPSIS Three armedarmed men,men, oneone of themthem aa priest,priest, areare out huntinghunting At another villa BorgmanBorgman is faced with Richard, a young on. MarinaMarina is upsetupset all evening.evening. FeelingFeeling ill at easeease sheshe Marina’sMarina's worldworld of plenty is beginningbeginning to crumble;crumble; herher in thethe woods.woods. TheThe preyprey theythey areare afterafter isis underunder their veryvery television producer.producer. WhenWhen he,he, too,too, isis aboutabout to closeclose the wanders through the house. When she discovers that the realityreality and her emotions are atat thethe mercy ofof thethe stranger feet: aa man,man, unshavenunshaven andand sordid,sordid, whowho sleepssleeps inin anan door, BorgmanBorgman claimsclaims that Richard'sRichard’s wifewife MarinaMarina onceonce wounded BorgmanBorgman is hiding inside the house she allows inin herher house,house, whilewhile herher husbandhusband RichardRichard hauntshaunts herher underground dug-outdug-out of hishis ownown making.making. BorgmanBorgman hashas nursednursed him in the past. Although Although Marina, when also atat the himhim to havehave a bathbath andand - without letting her husbandhusband dreamsdreams at night in the shape ofof a cruel monster. justlust wokenwoken upup whenwhen hishis attackersattackers stickstick aa spearspear intointo thethe door, deniesdenies knowingknowing Borgman,Borgman, RichardRichard cannotcannot control knowknow –- arranges a place for him to sleep in the summersummer ground that narrowly missesmisses hishis face. HeHe manages to get his lealousyjealousy andand aggression,aggression, andand ruthlesslyruthlessly lays into the househouse inin thethe garden.garden. WhenWhen StineStine comescomes acrossacross thethe TwoTwo emaciatedemaciated dogsdogs slinkslink throughthrough thethe house,house, butbut away andand warnswarns hishis followersfollowers whowho areare hidinghiding inin similarsimilar tramp. HeHe thenthen pushespushes hishis startledstartled wifewife backback intointo thethe strangerstranger by chance Marina tells her to keep his presence BorgmanBorgman dismissesdismisses them peremptorily: "You“You have come haunts. TheyThey disappear in variousvarious directions. house.house. BorgmanBorgman remainsremains lying on the lawn, unconscious.unconscious. a secret. tootoo soon,"soon,” hehe says.says. InIn thethe night,night, whenwhen StineStine andand thethe When MarinaMarina comescomes out of the house,house, intendingintending to look parentsparents are asleep, he tells the children a story about a Borgman walkswalks throughthrough thethe greengreen avenuesavenues of a wealthywealthy after the wounded man,man, BorgmanBorgman has vanished. The next day Richard tries to make up with his wife for his whitewhite child that floatsfloats above the clouds.clouds. neighbourhood. HeHe ringsrings thethe bellbell atat aa largelarge villavilla andand behaviourbehaviour with an expensiveexpensive diamond necklace.necklace. lsoldeIsolde asks the housewifehousewife whowho opensopens the door if he might have The couple'scouple’s threethree children,children, lsoldeIsolde (6),(6), LeoLeo (7)(7) andand insistsinsists that she has seen a magician but nobody listens toto HeHe gets rid of thethe gardener and summons his followers. a bath. SheShe shutsshuts the door in hishis face without hesitation. RebeccanRebeccan (9), comecome homehome fromfrom schoolschool with their nannynanny her.her. AndAnd BorgBorgman man doesn'tdoesn’t seem to want to leave. Stine. Richard goes to his work where there’sthere's a crisis going TheThe time has come! DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT • DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT InIn Borgman I wanted to show thatthat evil comescomes in everyday form, embodiedembodied within ordinary, normal, polite men and women who performperform their tasks with pride and pleasure,pleasure, andand with ruthless A attentionattention to detail. I wanted to show thatthat evil is enacted not just onon cold winter nights, but in the optimistic summer,summer, beneath a warmwarm and comforting sun. AndAnd I wanted to show thatthat a man like Borgman, who continually remainsremains elusive, can intoxicate aa woman so fullyfully withwith desire thatthat sheshe is rendered powerless. ThisThis filmfilm is darkerdarker thanthan mymy otherother filmsfilms becausebecause I Iwanted wanted toto gogo further.further. I wanted to descend into an unknown, dark part ofof my imaginationimagination and see what was to be found there. And I wanted toto make a filmfilm very muchmuch openopen toto interpretation,interpretation, oneone that raisesraises moremore questions than itit answers. II thinkthink BorgmanBorgman isis a strongstrong filmfilm - askask meme againagain inin 1010 yearsyears andand I will havehave forgotten howhow I ever came to write it -- but in mymy experience there are always things which could be better. NeverthelessNevertheless I amam veryvery curiouscurious about how it will be received. AndAnd in the meantime I am working on a new film,film, mymy ninth film.film. 7 / 1 t t - 4 S t i t h V A ( e l 4 ( - 4 - v e t ( 0 A — , ALEX VANVAN WARMERDAM (DIRECTOR(DIRECTOR // WRITER)WRITER) Polymath AlexAlex vanvan WarmerdamWarmerdam (add composer,composer, painterpainter was thethe firstfirst filmfilm made made with with Graniet Graniet Film, Film, the the company company DDIRECTOR'SIRECTOR’S SELECTEDSELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:FILMOGRAPHY: and designerdesigner toto hishis listlist of skills)skills) waswas bornborn inin thethe DutchDutch hehe setset upup withwith brotherbrother MarcMarc vanvan WarmerdamWarmerdam in 1993.1993. city ofof HaarlemHaarlem inin 1952.1952. HeHe studiedstudied graphicgraphic designdesign SuccessSuccess continuedcontinued withwith hishis 19981998 filmfilm LITTLELITTLE TONYTONY 20102010 TheThe Last Days of Emma Blank and paintingpainting atat Amsterdam'sAmsterdam’s GerritGerrit RietveldRietveld AcademyAcademy which waswas selectedselected forfor UnUn CertainCertain RegardRegard at CannesCannes 20062006 WaiterWaiter before hehe co-foundedco-founded thethe MusicMusic TheatreTheatre companycompany and wonwon for AnnetAnnet Malherbe the Prize for "Outstanding“Outstanding 20032003 GrimmGrimm Hauser Orkater (1972) and TheThe Mexican HoundHound Theatre ScreenScreen Performance"Performance” at the 1999 Filmfest Ludwigsberg/ 19981998 LittleLittle Tony Company (1980)(1980) withwith hishis brotherbrother Marc.Marc. BetweenBetween 19781978 Stuttgart.Stuttgart. TheThe filmfilm waswas alsoalso nominatednominated forfor European European Film Film 19961996 TheThe Dress and 19841984 hehe shotshot aa shortshort filmfilm andand twotwo TVTV filmsfilms beforebefore Awards inin thethe BestBest ActressActress andand BestBest ScriptScript categories.categories. 19921992 TheThe Northerners making hishis featurefeature debut in 19861986 with ABEL,ABEL, whichwhich wonwon GRIMM (2003)(2003) waswas selectedselected