The Northerners (1992)

The Northerners

Original title: De noorderlingen
Movie19921h 48m
ComedyDrama
7.2 / 10(3,591)

During the summer of 1960, the idiosyncratic residents of a one-street Dutch suburb collide in intertwining stories of desire and frustration.

Runtime
1h 48m
Released
1992
Country
Netherlands

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Release year: 1992

Storyline

During the summer of 1960, the idiosyncratic residents of a one-street Dutch suburb collide in intertwining stories of desire and frustration.

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Selected as part of the Canon of Dutch Cinema in 2007, consisting of "sixteen important and defining movies that show the versatility of Dutch movie history".

Director Alex van Warmerdam named this his favorite film of his own.

Theo van Gogh, who played Dikke Willie (Fat Willie), was assassinated in 2004 by an Islamist fanatic. A prominent and irreverent critic of multiculturalism, his murder hit the headlines globally.