New City

A quiet, reflective wander through a changed city that turns inward, asking you to sit with a man's reckoning with himself.

Directed by

Sebald van der Waal

Genres

Drama

Starring

Lucas van der Vegt, Antoinette Jelgersma, Carine Van Bruggen

Overview

Documentary filmmaker Johan returns to his hometown of Amsterdam, now transformed by gentrification, to hold up a mirror to the city. There, he is distracted from his goal: Johan must first confront himself.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, memory, isolation, class

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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