Aruba Affair

A scrappy, sun-bleached relationship drama drifting through carnival crowds, more mood and friction than plot, with a homemade intimacy that lingers.

Directed by

Pim de la Parra

Starring

Pim de la Parra, Hetty Los

Overview

A bickering couple arrives in Aruba. The relationship difficulties keep coming up, which causes them to increasingly go their own way. A TV movie, produced by Dreampower (Pim himself) with little money financed by the NOS, filmed against the background of carnival and the Aruban struggle for independence. An Aruban Minimal Movie, made during the time that Pim lived in Aruba.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, identity, isolation, politics

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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