The Netherlands 2025, 56 min, HDA DOXY Films Production
by Bibi Fadlalla
The Ten Commandments: Get Up! And Rest.
Five ambitious young people explore the influence of their inner, critical voice on their lives. What does rest mean when you have been brought up to believe you can only be successful through hard work, especially as second generation immigrants?‘Take some rest’. It sounds so easy. But how do you actually do it? For many children of immigrant parents, resting is not an option. When your parents have given everything to provide you with all the means to succeed, you feel a heavy burden to always work extremely hard. An inner, overambitious voice pushes you and criticises relentlessly: ‘Do more. Do better. Keep pushing through.’ 'Get Up! And rest.' explores the origin of this voice in five hard-working young entrepreneurs and students with big dreams and ambitions. A cinematic exploration of living under constant pressure and the meaning of rest.
GET UP! AND REST is part of a documentary series on the Ten Commandments, produced by DOXY Films and EOdocs, in which ten filmmakers each give their take on one of the Commandments. Bibi Fadlalla ventured into the fourth commandment: ‘Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.’
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