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Vigour

1990 · 100 min

A quiet, uneasy character study of grief and imitation that grows stranger and more uncomfortable as it drifts toward obsession.

Directed by
Frouke Fokkema
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anneke Blok, Theu Boermans, Dave Van Dinther
Overview
A frustrated artist from the city is seeking solace with a recently widowed farmer. To get closer to the farmer, she does her utmost to approximate his departed wife. But her fertile imagination leads her to go too far.

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Directed by
Frouke Fokkema
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anneke Blok, Theu Boermans, Dave Van Dinther
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • identity
    • obsession
    • isolation
    • deception
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Frouke Fokkema
    Starring
    Anneke Blok, Theu Boermans, Dave Van Dinther, Rik Launspach, Jaap Spijkers, Bert Geurkink, Khaldoun Elmecky, Mieke Verheyden
    Music
    Lodewijk De Boer
    Cinematography
    Theo Bierkens
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    Netherlands
    Languages
    Dutch

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