Abel
– An extremely weird comedy about the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home. After failin..
An extremely weird comedy about the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home. After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. After that trouble starts and Abel is thrown out into the street.
02 Aug 1991
Dutch
Alex van Warmerdam
Otakar Votocek, Frans Weisz, Alex van Warmerdam
Alex van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek, Annet Malherbe
An extremely weird comedy revolving around the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home (literally). After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. But Victor's wife Duif accuses him of having an affair, and in the ensuing row Abel is thrown out into the street. But help is at hand when he runs into kind-hearted stripper Zus - whose show Victor is obsessed with...
3 wins & 3 nominations.