Mijn Enschede

Jan 1 2010 N/A 1h 10m
Documentary, History, News

In this ego documentary, Astrid Bussink returns to Enschede, the Dutch city she left on the day of the firework disaster in 2000 that killed twenty-two and left nearly a thousand wounded. She moves into an apartment with a view of the memorial and tries to come to terms with the disaster.

Plot

In Enschede (a city in the east of the Netherlands) on the 13Th of May 2000, while filmmaker Astrid Bussink was packing her belongings to move to Amsterdam, a fireworks storage -apparently located across her house- exploded, leading to 23 people dying and over a 1000 people injured. The neighborhood looked liked it was bombed. Now, almost ten years later she decides to return to her hometown, to see how the city rebuild itself and how people deal with this extraordinary moment in their lives. She discovers people are still seeking for answers; who is responsible for what happened? Who can be blamed? Astrid soon finds herself tangled up in a haunt for answers, but slowly starts to wonder whether any answer will ever be sufficient.

Written by

Astrid Bussink

Directed by

Astrid Bussink

Cast

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Languages

Nederlands

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
14
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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