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Tag Archives: Netherlands
Youth (Spring) AKA Qingchun (2023) Wang Bing
Liming is a worker district close to Shanghai – the richest city in China. Read More »
When Pigs Fly (1993) Sara Driver, Alfred Molina, Marianne Faithfull, Rachael Bella
Marty “Alfred Molina” is a jazz musician, always a precarious source of livelihood even for the best-known performers. Read More »
Vincent and Theo (1990) Robert Altman, Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine
It’s the late nineteenth century. Adult Dutch brothers Vincent Van Gogh and Theo Van Gogh, living in Paris Read More »
Isabelle (2011) Ben Sombogaart, Halina Reijn, Tineke Caels, Wim Opbrouck
A famous actress finds herself captured by a morbidly deranged paintress. Read More »
My Queen Karo (2009) Dorothée Van Den Berghe, Anna Franziska Jaeger, Déborah François, Matthias Schoenaerts
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. Read More »
The Rainbowmaker (2008) Nana Dzhordzhadze, Merab Ninidze, Anja Antonowicz, Chulpan Khamatova
The Salzlipp twins grow up without their father. The boy and the girl are convinced he Read More »
Summer Heat AKA Zomerhitte (2008) Monique van de Ven, Sophie Hilbrand, Waldemar Torenstra, Jeroen Willems
14 months after loosing his partner while making a UNICEF documentary in Afghanistan Read More »
Mind Shadows AKA Hersenschimmen (1988) Heddy Honigmann, Joop Admiraal, Marja Kok, Melanie Doane
Hersenschimmen (“Mind Shadows”) does not provide its audience with any easy escape. Read More »
Springtime in a Small Town AKA Xiao cheng zhi chun (2002) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin
Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan’s school-aged sister. Read More »
Rosenstrasse (2003) Margarethe von Trotta, Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde
When Ruth’s husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. Read More »
Pallieter (1976) Roland Verhavert, Eddie Brugman, Jacqueline Rommerts, Sylvia de Leur
In this film version of the Dutch-language classic (‘heimat’-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans Read More »
Nightwatching (2007) Peter Greenaway, Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle
The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt Read More »
Everybody’s Famous! AKA Iedereen beroemd! (2000) Dominique Deruddere, Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt
Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Read More »
Heli (2013) Amat Escalante, Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González
Heli, a factory worker in rural Mexico must try and protect his young family Read More »