Movie
Waterlanders
1994
A quiet, somber character study that lingers on grief and the fragile closeness between two sisters.
- Directed by
- Simone van Dusseldorp
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- “Waterlanders” is Simone van Dusseldorp’s 1994 graduation film from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. It depicts two sisters coping with their parents’ death and constructing their own reality in an attempt to regain a sense of agency. While the sisters share an unbreakable bond, the older sister’s growing curiosity about the outside world strains their relationship as the younger sister resists these newfound changes.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Grief, family, isolation, coming-of-age
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
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- Directed by
- Simone van Dusseldorp
- Genres
- Drama
