Andrew Kelley, Derk-Jan Kroon, Elsje de Wijn, Freark Smink, Iris Misset ...( see more  see more... ) , Jeroen Krabbé , Maarten Smit , Wiendelt Hooijer

Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, this poignant story details the romantic relationship between an adult and a child. A lonely, uncertain 12-year-old boy finds friendship and first love wit...( read more  read more... )h a Canadian soldier. Years later, as an adult frustrated by a lack of creative inspiration, he finds he can turn the painful ending of that relationship into a powerful new beginning. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.

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Unrated, 92 min.

Directed by: Roeland Kerbosch

Release Date: May 7, 1993

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DVD Release Date: August 13, 2002

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  • February 21, 2009
    It took me a while to find this movie, but it was so worth it. Simplicity sometimes is all you need, indeed. A true, human movie about a friendship and a love relationship between a young boy and a soldier. It offers so many and deep emotions, like you're sitting back watching th...( read more)e lives of real people who suffer and love and plummet and fall and rise up again. Independent cinema will always exceed in many ways from every other movie big companies make -because of its ability to produce movies that don't care about standards or budgets or box offices. A movie with a magical musical that covers beautifully the scenery, the performances, the silent yet satisfying open ending. One of a kind.
  • December 29, 2008
    It's very slow until Jeroen meets Walt. I was pretty bored at first, but once they meet it turns into a good movie. What I like most about it is the fact that it's not about anything, ie it's not a 'gay' movie and it's not a 'pedophile' movie. It's just two characters who (think?...( read more)) they're in love and their short time together. What I also like is that it was very natural. The chemistry wasn't forced and it wasn't awkward at all, which is always good.
  • August 27, 2009
    Its the best movie i have seen in my life.i really love this movie. This movie is about a small boy who came far from his home at the time of World War 2.The child psychology of a 12 yrs old boy is that he always want a person who really can take his care-personally n intimately....( read more) Here in this movie we also can see same psychology of this boy. He fall in love with a soldier. I dnt consider it as a gay love. Because this liitle boy looking for some one special who can take his special care as he is already far away from his home and parents. He involved in a deep relationship which is from his core of heart with the soldier. He started to love the soldier truely, whole heartedly by devoting him infront of the soldier. Their relation started to grow like ne thing. They always seat together at the lonely sea beach 2 see the sunset. But one day morning this boy found that, his love went with his troop for war. The bloody truth of life came in front of him. Life show its cruelty very nudely in front of him. He didnt know wat 2 do now. He wait all time for his love. But that soldier didnt come back to him. He always waited at the lonely sea beach alone at the time of sun set where they always seat together, seeing to the see with a little hope that may be one day his love will come from the sea.
    It is a ultimate love story. There is a love story between a boy and a man but its nt a gay love story or child abusing.
    If you tell me to define what was the relation between the boy and the soldier, then i will tell you that " in this world some relationship still exist in which we dnt have any right to insult this relationship by giving it ant conventional name"
    Please watch the movie. Its a amezing creation of purest love story.
  • June 27, 2009
    I haven't seen either versions of Lolita, nor have I read the source material, but I reckon this movie is its gay serious version. Very heart-breaking and tabooish story based on a true one. Well acted but the score and the story are way too depressing and frustrating to me.
  • December 14, 2008
    Una historia muy padre que o se haga realidad
  • October 20, 2008
    I wish I didn't find out about this movie by the NAMBLA website (Ok, that sounds weird...) but it still looks pretty damn interesting.
  • July 31, 2008
    A sexy man in a very sexy story.
  • April 22, 2008
    O filme trata do polêmico relacionamento entre um soldado canadense e um garoto holandês.

    Há algum tempo, ao comentar sobre o "Morte em Veneza", eu fiz uma alusão a "Lolita", comparando os dois filmes. "For a Lost Soldier", apesar de ter muitos pontos de contato com os outros ...( read more)dois filmes, para mim, aproxima-se mais de "Fale com ela", do Almodóvar.

    A "pedofilia" (entre aspas porque é conceituado como um desvio, o que não me parece ser o caso em questão) é um dos maiores tabus da sociedade. Partindo do princípio que um menor de idade não possui maturidade para a prática de atos sexuais, nem força física para se proteger de eventuais abusos ou sequer discernimento para perceber a verdadeira intenção de um parceiro, a sociedade execra a conduta de um maior de idade se relacionando com um menor. Faz sentido na enorme maioria dos casos, obviamente, mas não me parece ser algo que possa ser tido como absoluto.

    No filme, para começar, a diferença de idades entre o soldado canadense e o garoto não parece ser algo enorme. O garoto deve ter por volta de 12 ou 13 anos. O soldado, por sua vez, não passa de 21. O filme é preciso ainda ao mostrar que, antes de conhecer o soldado, o garoto já se encontra em fase de descobertas sexuais.

    Outra coisa que torna o filme mais delicado é o fato de o soldado não forçar o garoto a absolutamente nada. Todo o breve relacionamento entre os dois ocorre da maneira mais natural e sedutora que se possa cogitar. Além disso, o relacionamento não provoca traumas no garoto. O que se vê é a manutenção do affair como uma das boas lembranças da vida. E, convenhamos, do jeito que a coisa é mostrada, não há que se duvidar. Pode parecer absurdo, mas o filme é de uma ternura impressionante e não ganha ares pervertidos em momento algum. Quando isso ensaia ocorrer, o espectador percebe se tratar do velho caso de projeção de seus valores (e preconceitos) nos atos dos personagens.

    O único porém do filme é a curta duração, que acaba por deixar uma impressão de que tudo se deu de forma breve demais e que poderia ter havido um maior desenvolvimento do tema. No entanto, acho que a duração é fiel ao que eles pretendem mostrar. O filme é tal qual o relacionamento do soldado com o garoto: rápido, delicado, espontâneo e sem maiores valores morais agregados. O resto fica por conta de quem assiste. Prolongar a história talvez fizesse a coisa perder o que tem de mais importante: o encanto.
  • April 9, 2008
    Bonita história de amizade, ambientada na época da II Guerra, entre um soldado canadense e um menino holandês de 12 anos.

    Um acaba nutrindo pelo outro um sentimento mais forte do que apenas carinho e faz com que o filme possa ser visto como uma versão alternativa de "Lolita". ...( read more)

    O que mais me agradou no filme é que coloca em xeque os tabus da pedofilia e afins, ou melhor, não coloca, não incomoda, porque você realmente compra a história do filme e acredita nos sentimentos e nas atitudes dos personagens.
  • July 4, 2007
    didn't get through 15 minutes of it. Slow with cheesy dialogue.

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