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Ik dacht dat ik je kende

2023

A tender, quietly aching romance that slowly curdles into doubt, leaving you unsettled about how well anyone can truly know another person.

Directed by
Maart Rees
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Abraham de Vries, Jade India Haverkamp, Jeroen te Pas
Overview
Jip and Mijntje meet at a party organised by their mutual friend Lino. The sparks fly immediately and they grow closer as the months pass. Suddenly Jip gets the feeling that Mijntje doesn't really know them as well as they thought. Jip starts to doubt their connection and realises that their 'situationship' has reached a dead end.

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Directed by
Maart Rees
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Abraham de Vries, Jade India Haverkamp, Jeroen te Pas
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • home
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
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Maart Rees
Written by
Maart Rees
Starring
Abraham de Vries, Jade India Haverkamp, Jeroen te Pas
Cinematography
Jules Aperghis Lumsden
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch, English

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