Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This powerful family melodrama from the Netherlands won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A remarkably stylish, well-crafted film that constantly surprises on the level of cinematic creativity alone.
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Maria Garcia, Film Journal International
Predictable and dreadfully misconceived.
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Dan Fienberg, Zap2it.com
Very well shot, but narratively it's pretentious, wannabe Kafka, heavyhanded dreck. Not sure how it won an Oscar.
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Brandon Judell, New York Theatre Wire
Dickensian in style, and not without a dash of Kafka, the film is beautifully shot by Rogier Stoffers and Mike van Diem's direction and screenplay are nigh perfect.
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Cast
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Fedja van Huêtas Jakob Willem Katadreuffe -
Jan Decleiras Dreverhaven -
Betty Schuurmanas Joba Katadreuffe
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Tamar van den Dopas Lorna Te George
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