Beautiful
When I was young I read the book "Achtste groepers huilen niet" I cried my way trough the second half of the book. In late 2012 I noticed they made a movie about it, I was very curious to see if they could turn such a sad story into a good movie. I was astonished. One of the best Dutch books I have ever read became my favorite Dutch movie.Normally i'm not a big fan of Dutch movies, most contain bad acting and a poor storyline, of course with exceptions (Zwartboek and Oorlogswinter).
This movie is outstanding. Casting was done properly, looking at the characters in the book. The movie centers around Akkie, a fierce girl, a fighter. After being diagnosed with leukemia the quest for health starts.
Akkie fights and fights but the leukemia becomes more severe. This is when she makes her doctor, who she refers to as doctor mustache, promise he will make her better. She makes him swear on his mustache.
When later in the movie the doctor walks into the room with a clean-shaved face I couldn't stop crying for pretty much the remainder of the movie.
What makes this movie great is the fact that this is a very realistic story. This happens all the time around the world, and is such a sad fate for the people who suffer from leukemia and other fatal diseases like this.
This is for me, without doubt the best Dutch movie so far.
score 10/10
lars_hendrikx 6 January 2013
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2732147/35716
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