The Last Days of Emma Blank

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The Last Days of Emma Blank
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Dutch De laatste dagen van Emma Blank
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Produced byMarc van Warmerdam
StarringMarlies Heuer
Gene Bervoets
CinematographyTom Erisman
Edited byJob ter Burg
Release date
  • 7 May 2009 (2009-05-07)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

The Last Days of Emma Blank (Dutch : De laatste dagen van Emma Blank) is a 2009 Dutch surrealist film directed by Alex van Warmerdam. [1]

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  1. van Hoeij, Boyd (30 July 2009). "The Last Days of Emma Blank". Variety .