A good movie

I don’t think Jeroen Krabbé is really famous abroad but he is actually very well known in the Netherlands where he has almost the same status as Rutger Hauer who remains by far the most famous Dutch actor. Well, at some point, like many other actors, Krabbé decided to be a director as well and this movie was definitely really ambitious. Indeed, it is an adaptation of one of the most famous Dutch books ever written, ‘De Ontdekking van de Hemel’, a book I actually have at home but I haven’t read it yet (As a matter of fact, I think it might be the next book I will read even though it might be too complex for me). So, it is a rather difficult and massive (more than 900 pages) book and it was a huge challenge for Krabbé to squeeze all this in just 2 hours. Obviously, since I haven’t read the book, I can’t tell if it was a faithful adaptation but I thought it was a pretty good movie nonetheless. Apparently, Harry Mulisch, the writer of the book, picked up Stephen Fry himself and Fry was a surprising but very interesting choice to play the lead. To conclude, even though it wasn’t really amazing, it remains an intriguing feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies

7/10