Kassys Kommer

"Despite all the grief, you'll leave the theater in high spirits."—Brabants Dagblad (Netherlands) "With a subtle style and an absurd touch, they make the everyday extraordinary."—De Volkskrant (Amsterdam)

Half stage show and half film, Kommer, by the innovative Dutch theater ensemble Kassys, is a pointedly humorous and poignant look at how we all cope with loss. The title means "grief," and in the opening section, the actors portray a group of people gathered after a nameless tragedy. A series of small episodes reveals their well-meaning, but ultimately awkward, attempts to connect and comfort each other. The film that follows uncovers the inner emptiness of the cast members' offstage lives, creating an image of quiet desolation no less profound than in the drama they first enacted on stage.