Armando
Feature
25 min / 16mm / colour / Dutch
year
1990
Armando
A portrait of Armando, world famous painter, writer and sculptor, and also a talented actor and musician. The film traces the roots of his inspiration, the conflict of the second world war. Juxtaposing Armando’s paintings and sculptures with slow motion of Wehrmacht soldiers crawling under barbed wire, the guilty landscapes of Nurnberg, South Germany and Holland. Armando reads his own poems and plays the violin.
Cast
Armando
Shot, directed and edited by: Victor Nieuwenhuijs & Maartje Seyferth
Festivals
1990
International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (competition)
Dutch Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1991
Festival Internationale du Film sur L’art, Montreal, Canada (competition)
Asynchrom IV, Berlin, Germany
1992
Biennale Internationale du Film sur L’art, Paris, France (competition)
1993
Biennale Internationale du Film sur L’art, Lausanne, France (competition)
2006
Festival Internationale du Film sur L’art, Montreal, Canada (retrospective of Dutch films on art)