Golden Ophelia

In a surreal, bureaucratically rigid society where ending one’s own life requires an official government permit, depressed florist Stefan Pielek makes the mistake of attempting suicide without the proper paperwork. Under police supervision, he submissively files his official application and closes his shop while waiting for the approval. However, during his aimless wanderings through the city, he meets a young woman who calls herself Ophelia. After falling deeply in love and rediscovering the joy of living, Stefan receives the ultimate bureaucratical blow: his suicide permit is approved, meaning that by law, he no longer exists.

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Release Date

Jan 1, 1974

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Marcel Martin

Country

Belgium

Company

Ministerie van Nationale Opvoeding en Nederlandse Cultuur (België), Promofilm