Ben van Os
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A Strange Love Affair (1985)
Film professor Michael falls in love with one of his students and is confronted with his pupil's father, with whom he had an affair over 15 years...
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl...
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures....
Dark Blood (2012)
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site...
All Men Are Mortal (1995)
Melodrama about a man cursed with immortality, who tries to declare his undying love for a depressed actress.
Blonde Dolly (1987)
Prostitute Dolly co-finances the purchase of a Vermeer painting with art expert Eddy Cremer. When they find out the painting is fake, she returns to...
A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992)
A short made for TV with director Peter Greenaway discussing the dazzling 3.5 minute opening sequence from his film, 'Prospero's Books'. As Prospero...
Not Mozart: WAM! Limited (1991)
Composer Misha Mengelberg collaborates with director Anthony Garner on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of...
M Is for Man, Music and Mozart (1991)
Dutch composer Louis Andriessen collaborates with director Peter Greenaway on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the...
Affair Play (1995)
A merchant marries a woman who looks exactly like his former lover, who died because of him. But the man has a morbid jealousy, he sees a rival in...
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
The Triumph of Love (2001)
A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.
Max (2002)
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at...
The Libertine (2004)
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn...
Eline Vere (1991)
This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three...
Eline Vere (1991)
This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three...
A Strange Love Affair (1985)
Film professor Michael falls in love with one of his students and is confronted with his pupil's father, with whom he had an affair over 15 years...
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Naughty Boys (1984)
An ode to musicals past. Handsome men spend their time in a beautiful manor.
Mathilde (1985)
An old man comes across a fascinating archive, then meets a woman who introduces him to the life of a banker, patron and philanthropist. A moving...
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman...
Prospero's Books (1991)
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this...
Keep It for Yourself (1991)
Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the...
Last Call (1995)
Old entertainer gets a last chance to play a serious role.
It's All About Love (2003)
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous...
Orlando (1992)
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to...
The Gambler (1997)
Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him...
Amazing Grace (1990)
Poetic study of relationships between text, sound and pictures about a young girl and her memories.
1,000 Roses (1994)
In a small, unnamed European town the entire population depends upon the local, ailing factory. When American investors arrive, prosperity fever...