Goodbye mister de Vries

Directed by Mascha Halberstad · 2012

Ninety-three-year-old Mister de Vries sits at his window waiting for the end, until one freezing winter day a mysterious parcel arrives that is clearly no ordinary delivery.

A wordless, quietly moving stop-motion farewell that turns the end of a long life into something gentle, wintry and almost joyful.

Mister De Vries (93) sits at his window awaiting his death. Until one cold winter day he is surprised by the arrival of a parcel. When he subsequently sees a pigeon flying off he knows that this is no ordinary message. H

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