Body and Soul
Short film, shot in twenty hours, about a bodybuilder who is stunned to discover he no longer has his body under control. He wonders whether all the attention he has paid to his physical appearance was worth it.
René Daalder
Director
Casts & Crew
Rein Bloem
Narrator
Also Directed by René Daalder
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