The Northerners (De noorderlingen) (1992)

A Complete Review of Alex van Warmerdam's work (10 movies items)

" Cast : Jack Wouterse, Alex van Warmerdam, Annet Malherbe, Henri Garcin, Theo van Gogh What was it about? In a small village, people's lives intersect frequently and in unexpected ways. Plagge, a postal worker who spies on other locals by reading their mail. His breaches of privacy expose the numerous secrets that the people in town keep. My two cents: The first thing I enjoyed about this movie was how much van Warmerdam had improved as a director. Indeed, the whole thing looked so much be"

A good movie

“The first thing I enjoyed about this movie was how much van Warmerdam had improved as a director. Indeed, the whole thing looked so much better than ‘Abel’ and, even if it was still nothing amazing visually speaking, it was really well made. The other thing I really enjoyed was the location chosen by van Warmerdam. Indeed, it was staking place in some kind of failed housing development and even though it was built only a few years before, it already looked like a ghost town which was just so surreal. Still, even though the beginning was therefore really promising, I have to admit that, after a while, I had a rather hard time to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, I wasn’t really bothered by the randomness of the whole thing, by now, I’m used to it with this director. Even” read more

My favorite Dutch movies (53 movies items)

"Original Title: 'De noorderlingen' Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam With: Jack Wouterse, Alex van Warmerdam, Annet Malherbe, Henri Garcin, Theo van Gogh Plot: In a small village, people's lives intersect frequently and in unexpected ways. Plagge, a postal worker who spies on other locals by reading their mail. His breaches of privacy expose the numerous secrets that the people in town keep. "