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Tag Archives: Netherlands
Moonlight (2002) Paula van der Oest, Hunter Bussemaker, Franck Sasonoff, Andrew Howard
Claire lives with her wealthy adopted parents in a luxurious and isolated house in the woods. Read More »
Grimm (2003) Alex van Warmerdam, Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Halina Reijn
One winter’s day Jacob and his sister Marie are left behind in the woods by their unemployed father. Read More »
The Dead AKA Los muertos (2004) Lisandro Alonso, Argentino Vargas, Francisco Dornez, Yolanda Galarza
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Read More »
Red Sonja (1985) Richard Fleischer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She attacks and kills the keepers of a powerful talisman Read More »
Silent Light AKA Stellet Licht (2007) Carlos Reygadas, Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God Read More »
The Eye Above the Well AKA Het oog boven de put (1988) Johan van der Keuken
A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. Read More »
Amsterdam Global Village (1996) Johan van der Keuken, Julika Marijn
“I am far away on a distant journey through my own city”, filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. Read More »
El bonaerense (2002) Pablo Trapero, Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, Darío Levy
Zapa is a locksmith in a quiet and little town lost somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires. Read More »
Bullhead AKA Rundskop (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 »
4 AKA Chetyre (2004) Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Yuriy Laguta, Marina Vovchenko, Sergey Shnurov
Meat merchant Oleg, prostitute Marina, and piano tuner “simply Volodya” drop into an all-night bar in Moscow 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 »
The Knife AKA Het mes (1961) Fons Rademakers, Reitze van der Linden, Marie-Louise Videc, Ellen Vogel
A young boy coming to starvation is resentful of his mum’s budding love affair with the best friend of her late husband Read More »
AmnesiA (2001) Martin Koolhoven, Fedja van Huêt, Carice van Houten, Theo Maassen
Alex, a 28 year-old photographer, is no longer able to photograph people, for some mysterious reason. Read More »
Hemel (2012) Sacha Polak, Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen
During her nightly escapades Hemel searches for the difference between sex and love. Read More »