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Knielen op een bed violen (2016)

Knielen op een bed violen poster
Directed by
Ben Sombogaart
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
9
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a drama about a man who turns to a strict religious community and how that changes his relationship with his wife and garden. Based on a book, it follows his inner struggles and the emotional distance it creates at home.

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What happens

In My Father's Garden (Dutch: Knielen op een bed violen) is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. It was based on the book of the same name by Jan Siebelink. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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