All Things Pass (1981)

Original title

Voorbij, voorbij…

Directed by

Paul Verhoeven

Genre

drama film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

58 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Dutch TV film looks at the aftermath of World War II from the perspective of a former resistance fighter. It shows how characters carry their wartime experiences into later life. The story focuses on personal relationships and the quiet passage of time.

melancholicslow-burnreflectiveintimateautumnalpoignantbittersweetunderstated

What happens

All Things Pass (Dutch: Voorbij, voorbij; literally "Gone, gone") is a 1981 television film directed by Paul Verhoeven. In Douglas Keesey's book on Verhoeven, he writes that the film is a coda to Verhoeven's previous film Soldier of Orange (1977). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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