rating:
(out of
4 stars)The Netherlands, Belgium; 1997
Directed by Mike van Diem; produced by Laurens Geels; written by Mike van Diem, Laurens Geels, Ruud van Megen
Starring Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamara van den Dop, Victor Löw, Hans Kesting
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
This Dutch film by director Mike van Diem won the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film in the same year Titanic won for Best Film. This one
is better. Okay, almost every film that year nominated was better than
Titanic (L.A. Confidential, Good Will Hunting, As Good As it Gets, The Sweet
Hereafter), but this one is also better than most films named above. The
acting is good, the direction is great and the cinematography is beautiful.
If a European film is good it always have some greatness in it. This film is
no exception. The story is translated to the screen just right. All the
themes from the book, written in 1938, are still there. The movie simply is
terrific so if you are able to get your hands on it, see it.