CUCKOO!

dark comedy, fantasy, drama / 2019 / The Netherlands / 7 min

„Cuckoo!” is an absurd comedy directed by award winning director Jörgen Scholtens. It’s about a lonely man (Frank Lammers) who lives inside a cuckoo clock. Every hour he straps himself into his ejection seat and shoots through the doors of the clock. ‘Cuckoo!’ He yells, ‘Cuckoo!’ His work is of vital importance. The old lady who sits under the clock needs to take her medication exactly at the top of every hour. One day the man has the opportunity to win a substantial sum of money in a radio quiz. He loves gadgets and wants to buy a new computer. The only problem is that he can only dial in at the exact time he’s supposed to sit in his seat.

director: Jörgen Scholtens
script: Jörgen Scholtens, Pepijn van Weeren
director of photography: Richard Spierings
editing: Maarten in’t Hout
music: Rudy Mackay
cast: Frank Lammers, Hetty Heyting
language: Dutch
subtitles: Polish