Four elderly resistance fighters trade knitting circles for revenge schemes — geriatric justice hits different.
What happens if you take the law into your own hands, start correcting the legal system on your own initiative? Hans Croiset, André van den Heuvel, Bram van der Vlugt and Kitty Courbois in their roles of aged resistance heroes do not think this is such a bad idea; in fact, it is what they already did during World War II. Back then, they formed a sworn resistance gang. The occasion for their renewed fighting spirit is the brutal robbery and murder of Marjan, one of the members of their former group. Past and present start blending. In a controlled tempo, alert to detail and acting, a story unravels that focuses on Hans Croiset in the role of Simon, a retired teacher of Dutch. He makes contact with the underworld, meeting the Slavic Goran, who starts feeling sympathy for the old man. Eventually, fate lies in Simon's hands.
Acting
Croiset's fragile dignity masks terrifying resolve.
Direction
Oosthoek lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Eric Oosthoek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during a wave of Dutch cinema examining WWII memory through aging protagonists, reflecting national anxiety about losing firsthand witnesses.
Dragan Bakema, actually Serbian-Dutch, brought authentic Balkan criminal underground texture that Dutch casting rarely risked in 2005.
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