The Northerners

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-17

Languages:

Dutch

Countries:

Netherlands

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1998 Reviews)

Director:

Alex van Warmerdam

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Jack Wouterse Annet Malherbe Rudolf Lucieer Loes Wouterson

Writer:

Alex van Warmerdam (screenplay)

Aat Ceelen (in cooperation with)

Fullplot:

A surreal black comedy set in a decrepit 1960's housing development. When his mother is drawn into sainthood and the resulting frustrations of his father become too difficult to manage, Thomas, a young boy, becomes obsessed with events on the broadcast news. The liberation of the Belgian Congo is taking place and Thomas becomes Lumumba, one of the contenders as the Congo's new leader. He is encouraged in this escapism by Plagge, the postman who reads all the mail and knows all of the bizzarre and intimate secrets of the eccentric inhabitants of the estate.

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