A 9-minute war film that'll wreck you harder than most 3-hour epics.
September 1944. Two Canadian soldiers find a boy washed up on the Dutch beach. Where did he come from and can he be trusted?
Acting
Three performances doing brutal heavy lifting in minutes.
Direction
Bourgonje's beach tension builds dread without a single gunshot.
Cinematography
Grey seascape becomes claustrophobic interrogation room.
Director
Niels Bourgonje
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single day on the actual Dutch coast where similar events occurred. The tides dictated their shooting schedule.
Based on true accounts of 'Beachcomber Children'—kids washed ashore during WWII, often suspected as spies or saboteurs.
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