55 Socks

Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs the animated short 55 Socks by Oscarwinning director Co Hoedeman pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history the winter of hunger of 194445 Its the closing months of the war in occupied Holland and some women unravel a beautiful bedspread in order to knit 55 socks to barter for food Reaching back into his childhood memories Hoedeman has made a simple poetic film of rare beauty