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Ever since I have been living in the Netherlands, I have been interested in Dutch movies and I try to watch one of those from time to time. After 10 years, I must admit, my views on the Dutch movie industry is rather mixed, I’m afraid. Basically, it is a rather small industry, they don’t make many movies every year and most of them are actually rather underwhelming. The fact that most of the Dutch population is mostly interested in US movies and don’t care much about their domestic products (except if they are really successful at the box-office but it is rather marginal) is also rather disheartening. Still, there are some exceptions, some really great gems coming from Holland and this movie is definitely one of them. Basically, it is a rather unknown flick but this one was just really great, I really loved it and it is probably on my top 3 best Dutch movies ever. The whole concept is actually pretty simple, you follow the main character dying from cancer and we see his last days and some flashbacks showing his past. Even though the directing was nothing really flashy, it was still a very strong and emotional movie and, above all, I thought the characters were very well developed and quite fascinating to behold. To conclude, I think it is a great flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies.
9/10
