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Directed by | Mijke de Jong |
Written by | Mijke de Jong Jolein Laarman |
Produced by | Frans van Gestel Ellen Havenith Arnold Heslenfeld |
Starring | Leonor Pauw Marnie Blok Lieneke Le Roux Adelheid Roosen |
Cinematography | Ton Peters |
Edited by | Dorith Vinken |
Music by | Rutger Reinders |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
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Frailer was selected for screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. [2] [3]
Among assorted Frailer reviews, [4] The Hollywood Reporter praised the "kind of kaleidoscopic portrait of a strong, smart, very lovable middle-aged woman facing death" but found the blurring of reality and fiction rather confusing. [5]
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