Magical realism, epilepsy, and the steppes of Mongolia. A pilot dies. His son Bagi, who, like his father, has epilepsy Read More »
Tag Archives: Netherlands
Obsessions (1969) Pim de la Parra, Alexandra Stewart, Dieter Geissler, Tom van Beek
Student Nils is spying on his neighbor doing kinky stuff while his girlfriend Marina, a journalist, is looking for a missing girl. Read More »
Layla Fourie (2013) Pia Marais, Rayna Campbell, August Diehl, Rapule Hendricks
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. Read More »
Everyman (1975) Jos Stelling, George Bruens, Henk Douze, Bob Kars
Elckerlyc is a man without scruples living in Medieval times. Read More »
The Trouble with Money (1936) Max Ophüls, Herman Bouber, Rini Otte, Matthieu van Eysden
When bank messenger Brand realises that 50,000 pounds sterling have gone missing in Amsterdam, it is a catastrophe for him. Read More »
Fertile Memory (1980) Michel Khleifi, Farah Hatoum, Sahar Khalifeh
The first full length film to be shot within the disputed Palestinian West Bank “Green Line,” Read More »
Little Sister (1995) Robert Jan Westdijk, Kim van Kooten, Romijn Conen, Hugo Metsers
After several years without contact, Martijn visits his sister Daantje, who just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. Read More »
The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) Radu Jude, Andreea Bosneag, Doru Catanescu, Claudiu Dumitru
Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »