Yardeen Roos

David Samuels is from an intellectual Jewish family from the posh Amsterdam Old South. He is also a man on a mission: to find a fabulous ghetto-queen with great tits and thick buttocks. His parents and friends declare him mad, but David continues unabated.

Adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic Himmo, a mortally wounded and mutilated soldier who cannot speak or move.

During a meditative dance session in the Dutch dunes an ill woman becomes completely absorbed in her own memories and reflects on her choice not to undergo any medical treatments. 'Engulf' is based on the true story of the director's late grandmother.