Kan door huid heen

I saw the movie at the Berlin Film Festival yesterday. I didn't know anything about and hadn't even read the log line. After a couple of disappointing films at this years festival this movie really thrilled me. This is definitely one of the best movies I have seen for quite some time! It is the psychological portrait of a woman who is thrown off track by two successive twits of fate and tries to cope with it on her own. It is incredibly intense and feels so real!It is absolutely captivating and kept me on the edge of my seat. The lead actress is amazing and does a great job. The directing is brilliant and so are the editing, the sound, the music... Watch It!

If you are a director making a movie for a small market, and want to make a movie that is not intended for mass entertainment, you end up without any budget. "Kan door huid heen" is such a movie that was made with very little resources, and it shows. Nevertheless, through good directing, clever use of sound, and very good acting, this movie still achieves excellent quality; it brings over the experiences of the main character extremely well.

While very well done with limited resources, I missed something watching this movie: Entertainment. After watching the movie I didn't feel like I had a pleasant 1 1/2 hours, more that I had watched the terrible misery of someone. While I have no problems with artistic films, they should at least to attempt to entertain the viewer in a basic way. That is completely lacking here and prevents me giving any good mark for this movie.