Following up one of his greatest critical successes with
Borgman is no simple take for Dutch helmer Alex van Warmerdam as that picture may very well prove to be his masterpiece but the Netherlands' reigning Crown Prince Of The Darkly Absurd is giving it the good old college try with the upcoming
Schneider vs Bax.
On his birthday, hit man Schneider's target is Ramon Bax, a writer. It's
an easy job. It'll be over before noon. Schneider reluctantly accepts.
Bax is recovering from a night of drugs and alcohol. When his daughter
Francisca arrives, depressed and unhappy, they quarrel and she starts to
cry. Bax suppresses his discomfort with vodka, a joint and some
haphazardly chosen pills. What seems a simple hit job for Schneider
turns out to be a lot more complicated...
With the film now in post production materials are slowly starting to pop up online and while most of the available images are sadly quite small we do at least have the one still below at a good size. Check it out and remember you can click to enlarge. Tom Dewispelaere, Maria Kraakman, Annet Malherbe and van Warmerdam himself star.