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Nouchka van Brakel

Nouchka van Brakel

April 18, 1940

Amsterdam, Holland

Nouchka van Brakel is a Dutch film director known for her 1982 movie Van de koele meren des doods. That movie, and A Woman Like Eve, established her as an important Dutch feminist film director. Van Brakel said that her ambition is to make movies about women who want to change their lives and their societies.

Poster for The Cool Lakes of Death

The Cool Lakes of Death

1982

Poster for A Woman Like Eve

A Woman Like Eve

1979

Poster for The Debut

The Debut

1977

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