The Impossible Marriage


directed by Diego Gutierrez & Linda Bannink

In collaboration with Erik Alkema


“Erik & Serhat, the impossible marriage”, is a contemporary love-story about two young men, the dutch Erik and his love, the turkish Serhat. Due to the dutch immigration laws, they legally cannot live together in The Netherlands. Unless, they make big changes in their lives… Erik escapes to his fantasy-world of puppets, stories and video-collages, and wants to make people think about the current and future social and political climat in the Netherlands. Can their impossible marriage maybe become possible in their fantasy?

Amsterdam, 2010

HDV, 51 min


The premiere will be in the summer of 2010 – announcement on the website!