R U THERE
synopsis
The story of Jitze (20), a professional gamer who travels around the world to compete in video game tournaments. During a stay in Taipei he unexpectedly witnesses an accident which ressembles those he re-enacts in his video games on a day to day basis; this confronts him with his own mortality and his world is suddenly shaken by reality, in a violent way. He meets an intriguing Taiwanese woman in the hotel bar where he is staying, never quite figuring out whether she is an escort, masseuse or bettle nut girl. He tries to get close to her but only manages to do so in the virtual world, on Second Life which they both visit.
international title: | R U There |
original title: | R U There |
country: | Netherlands, France |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | David Verbeek |
release date: | NL 17/06/2010 |
screenplay: | Rogier de Blok |
cast: | Stijn Koomen, Huan-Ru Ke, Tom De Hoog, Phi Nguyen, David Eugene Callegari |
cinematography by: | Lennert Hillege |
film editing: | Sander Vos |
art director: | Wang Shih Hui |
music: | Giong Lim |
producer: | Frans Van Gestel, Natacha Devillers |
production: | IDTV Film, Les Petites Lumières, South Sky Filmworx |
distributor: | Clorofilm Srl |