Desiree
1984·Netherlands·96 min.
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Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980. Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother. Her present life evolves around three people: her employer Mrs. Resnick, Freddy, her lover and Father Siego, leader of the church "The True Confessors".
DirectorFelix de Rooy
ScreenwriterNorman de Palm
MusicRonald Snijders
CinematographyErnest R. Dickerson
CastMarianne Rolle·Dan Strayhorn·Cynthia Belgrave·Joanne Jacobson·Askina Touree·Maxwell Glanville·Eric Hines
Original titleDesiree