PointsmanThe Netherlands
1986, 90min.
 Script: George Brugmans, Hans de Wolf, Jos Stelling, Dir: Jos Stelling. Dir. of Phot.: Frans Bromet, Theo van de Sande, Paul van den Bos, Goert Giltaij, Compos: Michel Mulders Prod. Design.: Gert Brinkers, Editor: Rimko Haanstra, Sound: Bert Flantua.
Cast: Jim van de Woude, Stephane Excoffier, John Kraaykamp, Josse de Pauw, Ton van Dort.
A Pointsman lives in a desolate area on a railroad track that connects the city to the south. He lives on his own and is only visited regularly by a postman, an old train conductor and his assistant. At the beginning of winter, harmony is disturbed when a woman from the city gets off the train by mistake. Forced by circumstances, she has to stay a whole year.
Awards
Public Award, Madrid IFF, 1987, Public Award, 10th Mostra Sao Paulo, 1988, Public Award, Best Actor Jim van de Woude, Fantasporto IFF, 1988. | Stelling, Jos Jos Stelling (born 1945, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
He studied Fine Arts and Graphics. Jos Stelling’s first feature Mariken van Nieumeghen was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. He has also been awarded many international and national prizes: four Golden Calves in The Netherlands, a Golden Rose in Montreux, two Golden Gryphons and the prize of the city of St. Petersburg. In 1999 Stelling received a lifetime achievement award in Waterville, Maine (USA), and in 2001 an award of the Association of Czech film clubs for major achievement in world cinema. The Gas Station was awarded the Grand Prix of the Mediawave Festival in Gyor, Hungary in May 2001. Jos Stelling is the owner of an art house cinema. For his cultural achievements, Jos Stelling has received the royal decoration of Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.
Filmography
Mariken van Nieumeghen (1974), Elcerlyc (1975), Rembrandt - 1669 (1977), The Pretenders (1981), The Illusionist (1984), The Poinsman (1986), The Flying Dutchman (1995), The Waiting Room (1995), No trains No planes (1999), Gas Station (2000), The Gallery (2003).
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