After several years without contact, Martijn visits his sister Daantje, who just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. Read More »
Tag Archives: Dutch
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 »
The Conscript (1974) Roland Verhavert, Jan Decleir, Ansje Beentjes, Gaston Vandermeulen
In 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion 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 »
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 »
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 »
The Misfortunates (2009) Felix van Groeningen, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Read More »
Mother Dao, the Turtlelike (1995) Vincent Monnikendam
In a span of ninety minutes the film aims to show how the Netherlands administered its colony as a colonial enterprise and what the relations were like at the time. Read More »
The Dress (1996) Alex van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Ingeborg Elzevier, Khaldoun Elmecky
The Dress is a tale filled with sex, violence, comedy and drama as it follows the life of a dress. Read More »
Daens (1992) Stijn Coninx, Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible Read More »
Lyrical Nitrate (1991) Peter Delpeut, Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm, Documentary
This film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. Read More »
The Mark of the Beast (1980) Pieter Verhoeff, Gerard Thoolen, Marja Kok, Peter Faber, Drama
In 1928 at the northern portion of the Netherlands, a person has an affair with the wife of a few of the buddies (who’s in prison at the time). Read More »
The Knife (1961) Fons Rademakers, Reitze van der Linden, Marie-Louise Videc, Ellen Vogel, Drama
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 »