Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their lot in life. Read More »
Tag Archives: Netherlands
Lifelong (2013) Asli Özge, Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser, Gizem Akman
Nisantasi is a classy Istanbul residential district. Its inhabitants may be rich and beautiful but they are not necessarily happy. Read More »
Mrs. Dalloway (1997) Marleen Gorris, Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen
London, summer 1923. Clarissa, MP Richard Dalloway’s wife, sets out on a beautiful morning Read More »
Blind (2014) Eskil Vogt, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali
Ingrid is blind. She lives with her husband Morten. As soon as he is out of the house, she sits at the window with a cup of tea Read More »
Mascara (1987) Patrick Conrad, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Sarrazin, Derek de Lint
A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a fervent opera lover Read More »
Bullhead (2011) Michaël R. Roskam, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy
In Sint-Truiden, cattle farmer Jacky visits a distant relative and intimidates him into selling cows. Read More »
Blind (2007) Tamar van den Dop, Joren Seldeslachts, Halina Reijn, Katelijne Verbeke
In late 19th century’s Netherlands, an albino woman and a blind man develop an indiscriminate love for one another. Will love be blind? Read More »
Silent Fear (1983) George Schouten, Peter Faber, Carla Hardy, Derek de Lint
When Eva no longer finds satisfaction in her relationship with Hans, her phobias reappear. Read More »
The Tango Lesson (1997) Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some “projects”. Read More »
Drowning by Numbers (1988) Peter Greenaway, Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson
Tired of her husband’s philandering ways, the mother of two daughters drowns her husband. Read More »
Dusk (2010) Hanro Smitsman, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Gaite Jansen, Roos Netjes
After a group of teenagers discover one of their friends lying dead on a river bank on one of the hottest days of summer, Read More »
Rembrandt – 1669 (1977) Jos Stelling, Frans Stelling, Ton de Koff, Lucie Singeling
In the final year of his life, Rembrandt painted a series of self-portraits that show him in a dark, lonely state of mind. Read More »
The Cold Light of Day (1996) Rudolf van den Berg, Richard E. Grant, Lynsey Baxter, Perdita Weeks
In the countryside of an Eastern Europe country, three little girls are murdered in the wood by a pedophile and found naked with one precise cut on the throat. Read More »
Loos (1989) Theo van Gogh, Tom Jansen, Renée Fokker, Marie Kooyman
A lawyer must defend a nightclub owner accused of committing a crime-of-passion. Read More »
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) Paul Cox, Keanu Kapuni-Szasz, David Wenham, Jan Kleinejan
The true story of the 19th century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers. Read More »