A bright, floral-print frock changes a series of lives in this Dutch tale with a darkly comic edge. The dress in question is trouble even before it's made: The textile artist who draws the print -- vivid red and yellow leaves on a blue
background -- is cruelly dumped by his girlfriend, while staid executives at the Loohman dress company are reduced to fisticuffs when they meet to discuss the summer line. The first fabric swatch is delivered to the designer as he's trying to bully his near-hysterical girlfriend into having sex
with a pig. Two women who wear the dress die, while two others -- Johanna and Chantalle (Ariane Schulter and Ricky Koole) -- are transformed ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins