The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)

Original title

De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen

Directed by

André Delvaux

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Belgium

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolteacher becomes obsessed with a student and leaves his job to escape his feelings. The film follows his inner turmoil as he tries to move on.

melancholictenseslow-burnbroodingintrospectiveatmosphericlonging

What happens

The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (Dutch: De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen) is a 1966 Belgian drama film directed by André Delvaux, starring Senne Rouffaer and Beata Tyszkiewicz. It tells the story of a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of his students, and moves away in order to escape his infatuation. The film is based on the 1947 novel with the same title by Johan Daisne. The film was awarded the Sutherland Trophy at the 1966 BFI London Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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