6. Beppie + Vakantie van een filmer

Beppie (1965) and Vakantie van de filmer [The Filmmaker’s Holiday] (1974) are two key films in Johan van der Keuken’s early work. Beppie is a portrait of Johan van der Keuken's ten-year-old girl next door. She represents the life of an average Amsterdam girl who is not too well off at home. In Vakantie van de filmer, van der Keuken brings together disparate material such as memories, holiday images and poems in a reflection on the tension between film and photography, between life and death.