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Chamber of Forgetfullness

Year: 1912

Frans Prins thinks he has discovered his wife being unfaithful when he finds letters from a stranger accompanied by a photo negative.  Consumed with anger and jealousy he attempts to squeeze information out of his wife who, victim of a heart attack dies in front of his very eyes and that of their young son.  Alone and depressed, Frans Prins sends his child to live in the United States of America, in the Far West.
Fifteen years later father and son meet again, full of regret and remorse and discover the truth about the secret Mary took with her to her deathbed.

Director: Etienne ARNAUD
Nationality: American
Actors: Alec B. Francis, Barbara Tennant, William R. Dunn
Length: 12' 34"
Genre: drama
Sound: silent with soundtrack
Original elements: tinted
Composer: Martin de Ruiter (2009)
Original language: Dutch
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