When two women walk into an office, they are invited to sit down but one “Anna” (Sigrid ten Napel) moves her chair to sit opposite. This slightly discombobulates their host (Tamar van den Dop) and, for that matter, us too. Are they antagonists? Well no, they are sisters and “Anna” is there to interpret for her deaf sister “Eva” (Henrianne Jansen) as she complains to the university dean of an alleged assault by one of her professors. Over the next fifteen minutes or so, we are immersed in both a physically and emotionally uncomfortable scenario as the frustrations of “Eva” are born out. Initial…
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