Character

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Release Date

4/17/1997

Runtime

122 mins

Overview

In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

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A man's decades-long struggle against circumstance and paternal cruelty, unfolding as a portrait of ambition born from wound and dignity earned through persistence. It's a quiet, steadily burning meditation on what it means to prove yourself worthy.

Mood

WistfulDefiantMelancholicContemplative

Themes

RedemptionFamilyIdentityClass

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Linear

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