Vox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.
Acting
Tom Jansen's exquisite slow-boil desperation
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes political correctness against itself
Director
Eddy Terstall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terstall emerged from the Dutch 'New Realism' movement, staging public political provocations as performance art before turning to film. Vox Populi extends this—no heroes, just competing brands of hypocrisy.
The title's Latin meaning ('voice of the people') is deeply ironic: Savo's populist rhetoric hijacks democracy while Jos's refined liberalism proves equally hollow. Neither actually listens.
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