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The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (Dutch: De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen) is a 1966 Belgian drama film directed by André Delvaux, starring Senne Rouffaer and Beata Tyszkiewicz. It tells the story of a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of his students, and moves away in order to escape his infatuation.
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short: Directed by André Delvaux. With Senne Rouffaer, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Hector Camerlynck, Hilde Uitterlinden. Govert Miereveld is a schoolteacher who has an unhealthy obsession with Fran, one of his students.
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- Drama
- André Delvaux
- 1967-03-23
TRAILER. WATCH. The first full-length work by André Delvaux and a key film in the history of modern Belgian cinema, The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short was greeted with bafflement, hostility even, by a national body of critics slow to perceive its dazzling strangeness.
Dec 24, 2017 · Using an extended tracking shot of Miereveld walking home to a different, more modest house, Delvaux reinforces the depth (if not shock) of the unremarkable hero’s existential transformation after he undertakes a mid-career change following Fran’s departure from his life.
Rouffaer's Govert is painfully aware of the forbidden nature of his attraction to a student, and takes steps to remove himself from his near obsessive temptation; it is ultimately a completely ...
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- André Delvaux
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short is a deeply unnerving exploration of obsession and fantasy. Senne Rouffaer wanders through scenes in a strange state, giving enormous weight to small comments and glances.
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In his head, Govert pretends he is talking to Fran, wishing he could express and give into his feelings of love for her, but his professional position makes this impossible. Govert being unable to have his love fulfilled tries to leave, to move house, to find a new job and escape his infatuation.
