Desiree
1984 · Movie · 96 min. · Netherlands
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".
Direction Felix de Rooy
Cast Marianne Rolle · Dan Strayhorn · Cynthia Belgrave · Joanne Jacobson · Askina Touree · Maxwell Glanville · Eric Hines
Soundtrack Ronald Snijders
Screenplay Norman de Palm
Cinematography Ernest R. Dickerson
Original title Desiree
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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