Maarten Sundermann
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Actor
![The story follows a Mexican immigrated family‘s life in America. They are Carmen (Alejandra Walker) who is a single and religious mother, wants to test the “confused” sexuality of her teenager son, Bess (Ellen Clifford), a young girl who is discriminated for her unattractive appearance, and Andrea, the young son falls in love with a mid-age man, as they try to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different unusual experiences and relationships with their new neighbor Lucy, a prostitute. Influences like religion, environment and prejudices are, in occasions, very destructive to the social environment. DESIRE STREET is an independent feature film exploring the social and family issues with a melodramatic, but at times humoristic tone and with very bold/colorful characters and dynamic narration. The message that directors bring to the film, which is “respect for others”, independently of their sexuality, race or profession, is very relevant. Also the film highlights the importance of the family support, for any teenagers who are struggling for their sexuality and differences to the stereotype that the society creates.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAzMjM3NzIzOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzUzMjc3Mw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,47,500,281_.jpg)
Maarten J.N.W. Sundermann is a filmmaker and was born on February 3rd 1983 in Tiel, The Netherlands. He is an alumni from the New York Film Academy and started his career as a ghostwriter for prominent advertising directors in Los Angeles. He later served as assistant to Roman Coppola and works for production houses and ad agencies around the world. He is based in Amsterdam known for his advertising work.