Ivan Wolffers
Acting
Biography
Ivan Norbert Wolffers (1948–2022) was a Dutch writer, doctor and professor. In the 1970s, Wolffers was one of the first to write critically about doctors and the pharmaceutical industry and was credited as 'the most popular general practitioner in the Netherlands'. One of his biggest successes was his book "Medicijnen" (Medicines). He was married to writer, filmmaker and visual artist Marion Bloem.
Known For
An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
In for Treatment
After the death of her husband Ivan, writer Marion Bloem must rebuild her life. While painting, she processes her pain and grief, as she has not yet found the words to put her emotions on paper. Later, the poems come, and after a long inner process, she writes a book. A film about love, loss, and the transformative power of creativity.
Marion Bloem - A 70 Year-Old Girl
A girl walks into a bra shop and finds herself in a wondrous world of discoveries about a changing body and patriarchal beauty standards.
Breasts
Documentary about five deserters during the Dutch military campaigns in the Indonesian War of Independence. Of the five men, four now live in Indonesia as Indonesian citizens.