Well I did get round to seeing this as it landed in the local library.
I've got it on hire, so wil be able to watch again.
Overall, not disappointed but confused.
Took (even me) a while to work out the time setting is not contemporary.
I know a fair bit about internal decor. The clothes and furniture and clothing are, what circa late 1950's ?
No clues. Damn. Even a reference to the first Sputnik launch might have helped.
A film that screams out ''this is NOT a film for the kids of today. Right? Piss off''
So be it. That is the message I got.
I am not fucking stupid. People in north Belgium speak Flemish. They do not speak Dutch.
I don't like films that insult my basic intelligence.
Lots of nice interweaving of plotlines with Sabine, who is the real hero (heroine).
Mmmm. Overall ok.
Not a FA/SML nor Water Lilies. Not even near. Without offering any spoilers. Sorry Pim but you should have gone on a killing spree, and plunged that bitrhday gift knife deep into the carotid arteries of every other character in the film bar yourself and Sabine.
Now, that WOULD, have been an interesting film.