My Father is an Airplane

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Robyn Sassen
HEAVEN bound: Eva (Elise Schaap) in a still from Antoinette Beumer’s film ‘My Father is an Airplane’, on the European Film Festival South Africa, until 24 October. Photograph courtesy netherlandsnewslive.com

LOSING A PARENT is immensely painful. Losing a parent suddenly can knock not only the wind out of you, but also a whole lot of unresolved issues into the ether. And some of them you may not want to revisit. This is how Antoinette Beumer focuses her complex, chilling work, My Father is an Airplane, and the context in which she places Eva (Elise Schaap), her central character. If you are a fan of the European Film Festival and its established ethos, this film is exactly why. It tells a complicated, psychological story which brooks no reserves in the horrors it represents, but remains self-contained as a fascinating study in the psychology of loss. And that of secrets. It is available online and without cost, as part of the 8th European Film Festival South Africa, which…

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