Sweet Dreams (2023)

Directed by

Ena Sendijarević

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

17+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set on a coffee plantation in the Dutch East Indies around 1900, this film follows Dutch colonizers and Indonesian workers living under an oppressive system. It examines the personal and social tensions that arise from colonialism.

slow-burncriticalunflinchingquietmeditativeatmosphericbittersweetrestrained

What happens

Sweet Dreams is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Ena Sendijarević, and starring Renée Soutendijk and Hayati Azis. An international co-production between the Netherlands and Sweden, the film is set on a plantation in the Dutch East Indies around the beginning of the 20th century and takes a critical look at the Dutch colonial past. Sweet Dreams premiered at 76th Locarno Film Festival on August 5, 2023. In September 2023, it opened the 43rd Netherlands Film Festival, where it was nominated in eight categories and won six awards. The film was selected as Dutch entry in Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards on September 8, 2023 and appeared in the eligibility list on 7 December 2023, but didn't make it to the shortlist. It was released on 28 September 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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