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Jungle Rudy, The Chronicle of a Family at IDFA
01 January 2007
The Dutch documentary Jungle Rudy, The Chronicle of a Family directed by Rob Smits,
has been selected for the 'Highlights of the Lowlands' programme of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2006 (IDFA). This movie is a Submarine production in cooperation with the Dutch broadcast network NPS Television. Fascinating documentary about a banker's son from The Hague. The present-day images that Rob Smits filmed are brilliant. - NRC Handelsblad newspaper **** Impressive images that Smits himself shot around Ucaima together with archival recordings constitute a whole... Jungle Rudy is the result of personal fascination and clear choices. - Het Parool newspaper Jungle Rudy, The Chronicle of a Family will be screened during IDFA at: Friday November 24th, Amsterdam, City 6, 11.45 Monday November 27th, Amsterdam, City 6, 22.00 Friday December 1st, Amsterdam, City 7, 16.00 Docs for Sale DUTCH FILM FESTIVAL 2006 3 GOLDEN CALVE NOMINATIONS WINNER GOLDEN CALVE FOR BEST EDITING Jungle Rudy, The Chronicle of a Family In 1928, Rudolf Truffino was born as the third son of a banker of Italian origin. The boy grows up in what was unprecedented luxury at that time, but at the moment he is asked to follow in his father's footsteps, Rudy turns his back on everything and everyone. Rudy wants to go away. Away from the life that had been prepared for him and to the Venezuelan jungle. Rudy puts places on the map where no man had ever been before, guides scientific expeditions and discovers new plant and animal species. While he wanders around, his father writes him bitter letters. Rudy becomes a well-known person under the name 'Jungle Rudy' and starts a family in the middle of the jungle. He receives celebrity guests at his camp, 'Ucaima', such as Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince Charles, the Canadian president Trudeau, film director Werner Herzog, astronaut Neil Armstrong and empress Farah Dibah. More than ten years after 'Jungle Rudy' died in solitude in his hammock, his daughters still wonder what to do. The camp still exists. Should they continue the dream of their legendary father or should they return to civilization? For more information, stills and the trailer visit: <http://www.junglerudy.nl/> www.junglerudy.nl Runtime 89 minutes/60 minutes Director and cinematographer Rob Smits Script and research Stefanie de Brouwer Editors Menno Boerema, Albert Elings and Eugenie Janssen, Chris van Oers Sound Albert Elings Music Rob Smits Producer Submarine, Bruno Felix & Femke Wolting Commissioning editors NPS Cees van Ede, Annemiek van der Zanden Submarine Submarine ( www.submarine.nl) <http://www.submarine.nl/> is an Amsterdam production company that aims to realize documentaries and new media productions. In the past, Submarine has produced documentaries, animation projects, Internet games and interactive DVD's. Submarine was established in 2000 by Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting. In 2001, Submarine initiated SubmarineChannel.com, an international production and distribution channel on the Internet for innovative, interactive productions, produced by artists from around the world. This production came about with the support of the Netherlands Film Fund, the Dutch Cultural Broadcast Fund and the Cobo Fund and is produced by Submarine in co- production with NPS Television. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: For more information, images and/or interview requests, please contact Yaniv Wolf at Submarine, tel: +31 20 330 1226 of 06 4184 9614, fax: +31 20 330 1227 , e-mail: yaniv@submarine.nl. For photos: +31 20 330 1226. Visit Submarine at www.submarine.nl <http://www.submarine.nl/> and www.submarinechannel.com <http://www.submarinechannel.com/>
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