ARTE Metropolis documentary
Portrait documentary by Viktor Stauder. Produced by ARTE.
8:55 min. | German
Passage is a short film written and directed by Michel van der Aa. It is the final film Van der Aa made at the New York Film Academy during his film directing studies in 2002.
Synopsis: An old man who is trapped in his own house is fighting against a loneliness verging on insanity.
Joe Bendavid, still from ‘Passage’

Credits
Actor – Joe Bendavid
Director of Photography – Jordan Weill
Assistant Camera – Dan Slater
Gaffer – Adam Holz
Music – Just Before performed by Tomoko Mukaiyama
film
2002
Piano and soundtrack
Duration 10'
First performance 10 December 2004, First screening. Netherlands Music Days.
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Portrait documentary by Viktor Stauder. Produced by ARTE.
8:55 min. | German
Joe Bendavid, actor
2:15 min. excerpt