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55 Socks

Name: 55 Socks
Released: Sept. 24 2012, 12:36
Duration: 8 min

Co Hoedeman

2011 | 8 min

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Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, the animated short 55 Socks, by Oscar-winning director Co Hoedeman, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history – the winter of hunger of 1944-45. It’s the closing months of the war in occupied Holland and some women unravel a beautiful bedspread in order to knit 55 socks to barter for food. Reaching back into his childhood memories, Hoedeman has made a simple, poetic film of rare beauty.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/55_socks/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/55_socks/" target="_blank"><em>55 Socks</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/co-hoedeman/" title="more films by Co Hoedeman" target="_blank"><span>Co Hoedeman</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>