Underplayed Gems

Going Home (1993)

Going Home poster
Original title
Oeroeg
Directed by
Hans Hylkema
Genre
drama, war
Country
Indonesia, Netherlands
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
12
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Dutch man returns to Indonesia and looks back at his childhood friendship with the local boy Oeroeg. Their bond is set against the backdrop of Indonesia's independence struggle from 1945 to 1949.

melancholicnostalgicbittersweetrestrainedreflectiveserioushistorical

What happens

Oeroeg is een Nederlands-Belgisch-Indonesische film van de Nederlandse regisseur Hans Hylkema, die in Nederland op 10 juni 1993 in de zalen verscheen. In Belgiƫ en Indonesiƫ verscheen de film in november 1993. De film is gebaseerd op het boek Oeroeg (1948) van Hella S. Haasse. De film heeft een looptijd van 114 minuten en kreeg als internationale titel Going Home. Oeroeg is een film die een kijk geeft op de Nederlanders in Indonesiƫ, van het uitroepen van de zelfstandigheid in 1945 tot de soevereiniteitsoverdracht op 27 december 1949. In de film worden gebeurtenissen van uit de jeugd van de hoofdpersoon afgewisseld met de periode van de politionele acties. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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