Nadine

A bit like a Bunuel film, this story of Nadine who is plagued by her biological clock. The main character is played by three actresses. There is a road trip and then Nadine, a well educated, single career woman in her early forties is reminiscing about her past. As in an impulse she kidnaps the baby of her ex lover. And too late she realises she can't go back. Luckily the film doesn't drown itself in a plotted story. This film is much more a character driven story, an analysis for many single career women nowadays, to cope with the idea that they will remain childless. It is a bit like a Bertolt Brecht alike approach: The audience is invited to stay in touch with the theme, more than with the main actress. Beautiful music.

A great idea to split the story of this career woman who is desperate for a child, into 3 psychological stages and have those 3 played by three actresses. This brings me closer to the theme. And reminds me of films from Bunuel and Todd Solondz. A warm, somewhat melancholy film. The lovely tunes of composer David van der Heijden are stunningly beautiful. Watch it, great, cinematic and modern film

Special movie, wonderful acting/actresses, but confusing.

To start with the confusion, the main character is played by three actresses. Which makes it a special movie as well. Showing the different periods in her life.

The 3 actresses (and the rest of the cast) give a wonderful performance.

But the facts are confusing. Are we in France. The Netherlands or Belium. Who am I looking at. Oh, I am watching the leading actress???? But fascinating nonetheless.

If you get a chance. Watch it. And make up your own mind.

This film is unique in the sense that it is completely authentic. It shows the 'verelendung' of a modern woman, portrayed by 3 actresses, to enhance te sense of verfremdung as in some works of Weil. It impresses with the rich and metaphorical visuals and quotations to other films such as Antonioni's L'aventura. It plays with storytelling in a way that you realize that sometimes the theme is more important than the actual realism of the scenes itself. It refuses to be a too plotted story and therefor plays with genres( road-movie vs psychological drama) . The story plays in a place on the border of Holland, there were one can easily cross borders, and where people soon seem to speak different languages. It shows a woman in distress because she realizes her modern, hedonist life has lead her to a lack of introspectiveness. Many will not easily see the innovative quality of this film, but this is gonna be a classic!

I don't understand that this movie, which I could see through Mubi, was already on TV in America. Because, yes there is a problem for modern women in this world: We are not all SITC galls or desperate housewives. As a career-woman I recognize myself. What when you become single all of a sudden again nearing 40? The director must have understood that this theme is important, because he choose to have the woman played by three actresses. And so the theme of this movie comes clearer I realized. The music came to me too, it is quite remarkable! It is a tender story, about getting older, about obsessions, about letting go...I hope more women will see this film and share my thoughts!