A Noble Intention/ Publieke Werken
- 2015-12-10
- Drama
- Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Hubert Fermin, Rifka Lodeizen, Peter Blankenstein, Sander van Amsterdam, Vilma Szécsi, Leon Voorberg, Tobias Kersloot, Ronald de Bruin, Menno van Beekum, Ids van der Krieke, Thomas Cammaert, Martijn Nieuwerf, Herman Egberts, Elisabeth Hesemans, Jacob Derwig, Juda Goslinga, Joosje Duk, Anne-May de Lijser, René van Zinnicq Bergmann, John Leddy, Lykele Muus, Kirsten Mulder, Hanne Arendzen, Houk van Warmerdam, Zeb Troostwijk, Ditha van der Linden
- 1 h. 55 min.
- 6.6/10
- 45
- Belgium, Netherlands
- Topkapi Films, Mythberg Films, Menuet, VPRO
Overview:
1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after illegal medical practices, and is looking for a way out. For himself and his wife Martha, but also for a colony of poor peat cutters whom he promises a future in the United States. Committed - or is it pride? - the two of them think up a scheme from which they all will fully benefit. With tragic consequences.