17 April 1997 Drama, History 122 mins
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.
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Jan Decleir as Dreverhaven
Fedja van Huêt as Katadreuffe
Betty Schuurman as Joba
Tamar van den Dop as Lorna Te George
Victor Löw as De Gankelaar
Hans Kesting as Jan Maan
Lou Landré as Rentenstein
Bernard Droog as Stroomkoning
Frans Vorstman as Inspector de Bree
Fred Goessens as Schuwagt
Jasper Gottlieb as Jacob (6 years old)
Marius Gottlieb as Jacob (6 years old)
Pavlik Jansen op de Haar as Jacob (12 years old)
Marisa van Eyle as Juffrouw Sibculo
Wim van der Grijn as 2e Inspecteur
Jaap Spijkers as Neighbour
Mike van Diem Director
Mike van Diem Screenplay
Het Paleis van Boem Original Music Composer
Laurens Geels Producer
Dick Maas Executive Producer
Jessica de Koning Editor
Jany Temime Costume Design
Rikke Jelier Production Design
Alfred Schaaf Production Design
Rogier Stoffers Director of Photography
Ferdinand Bordewijk Novel
Laurens Geels Scenario Writer
Ruud van Megen Scenario Writer
Czech Republic 07 January 1999
Korea 01 January 1999
Netherlands 15 March 2003
United States 17 April 1997
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27 August 1997
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting in the no man's land.
03 December 1997
The faded dragshow entertainer Ragnar Rönn is both broke and lonely. He is becoming extremely unpopular.
01 February 1997
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
12 July 1997
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure.
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A short dark animation about loneliness, aliens and sex in public places.
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Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison.
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Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry.
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Brakhage's lecture at the Whitney Museum is a thoughtful meditation on another friend and fellow filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos.
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Grieving the death of his girlfriend, Ashok visits his pal Hemanth. But the journey of healing takes a detour when Ashok begins to fall for Hemanth's devoted wife, Veena, who reminds Ashok of his lost love.
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Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
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