I saw this movie yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised for the theatre was completely sold out. Which does not happen often when a Dutch movie is released. Maybe it has to do with the history which the dutch have with the water. For non-dutchmen: The dutch have a long history in the fight against water. In fact: half of the country is below sealevel and can only exist because of the so called Deltaplan, a construction of dikes and other measures to prevent a disaster like what happened in the night of 2/3 february 1953. This disaster is the background of the story told in De storm .
The story is about a girl who has just become a mother 5 weeks ago. In the complete madness of what happens after the dikes break and the water is in the peoples houses she gets separated from her child. The rest of the movie she is looking for her kid. In doing so we follow her and we see the full picture of what impact the disaster has (dead cows in the water, families ripped apart, people praying to God, others saying its Gods will, etc.)
I would say the acting is done very well. The story is good. Only thing is: if you expect to see a disastermovie like towering inferno, day after tomorrow etc. this is not the wright movie for you. It is realism with a big touch of drama.
Was the movie any good. I would say so. Story is good, acting OK, special effect are great (you actually see the water flooding towards the houses), a true accomplishment considering the low budget. For me the main reason to call this movie a good movie is the reaction of the people in the theatre. People were at the edge of their seat the whole time and I actually heard some people say "Basterd!" to someone who didn't want to help the main character. They were completely 'in the movie'.
Maybe not an Oscar, but certainly worth a nomination.
The story is about a girl who has just become a mother 5 weeks ago. In the complete madness of what happens after the dikes break and the water is in the peoples houses she gets separated from her child. The rest of the movie she is looking for her kid. In doing so we follow her and we see the full picture of what impact the disaster has (dead cows in the water, families ripped apart, people praying to God, others saying its Gods will, etc.)
I would say the acting is done very well. The story is good. Only thing is: if you expect to see a disastermovie like towering inferno, day after tomorrow etc. this is not the wright movie for you. It is realism with a big touch of drama.
Was the movie any good. I would say so. Story is good, acting OK, special effect are great (you actually see the water flooding towards the houses), a true accomplishment considering the low budget. For me the main reason to call this movie a good movie is the reaction of the people in the theatre. People were at the edge of their seat the whole time and I actually heard some people say "Basterd!" to someone who didn't want to help the main character. They were completely 'in the movie'.
Maybe not an Oscar, but certainly worth a nomination.