The Northerners (1992)
- Original title
- De Noorderlingen
- Directed by
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 61 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a 1960s Dutch new town that is just one street, residents act out their repressed desires and fantasies. A forester and others navigate a bizarre and dreamlike community where everyday life takes strange turns. The film is a satirical look at bourgeois existence.
darkly comicsurrealsatiricaloffbeatvisually stylishuncannyslow-burndeadpan
What happens
The Northerners (Dutch: De Noorderlingen) is a 1992 Dutch film written and directed by Alex van Warmerdam. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. This black comedy takes places in the 1960s, in a surreal Dutch new town consisting of only a single street. It is a darkly amusing satire of bourgeois life and its repressions, pursuit of fantasies through a Freudian forest are all executed with visual and dramatic flair. Van Warmerdam himself has said that he considers this his best film. It won him a (Gouden Kalf) for best director, and the movie was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award. Actor Rudolf Lucieer won a Gouden Kalf for his role as Anton, the forester. The movie is part of the official Canon of Dutch films and has gained cult film status. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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