A personal quest for the origins, secrets and magic of hit songs: worldclass songs from the Dutch band Racoon – a band that is always trying to write songs that come close to perfection.
Erik de Bruyn’s (1964) movie Wild Mussels was the opening feature film of the 2000 Dutch Film Festival, and won several prizes that year. Other feature films include Nadine (2007) and The President (2010). Besides fiction films Eric directs shorts, music video’s, commercials and TV-series.
In 2013 Erik directed Guitar Boys, a documentary about passion for guitars.
Director Erik de Bruyn
Cinematographer Tjitte Jan Nieuwkoop
Produced by Frank van den Engel
Broadcaster VPRO