The Dark Room of Damocles (a.k.a. Like Two Drops of Water)
Film Comment Selects 2017
February 17 - 23, 2017
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, a withdrawn cigar store owner named Ducker finds his doppelganger in a Resistance parachutist, who calls upon him to help carry out attacks on the Gestapo.
Raoul Coutard constructed the three-wheeled “Coutard dolly” to shoot this existentialist examination of thought and action. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, a withdrawn cigar store owner named Ducker finds his doppelganger in a Resistance parachutist, who calls upon him to help carry out attacks on the Gestapo. As Ducker’s involvement deepens, the thriller builds to a climactic twist. Courtesy of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Please note: this screening will take place in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
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