The Assault

59th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
The Assault (De Aanslag)
1986
The Netherlands
Color
Directed by Fons Rademakers

Plot: In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbours house, but is moved by them to the house of the family Steenwijk. Because of this, his father, mother and brother are killed by the Germans, and there house is set to fire. During his life, Anton meets several people that tell him more about what really happened on the night of the assault. (Written by Anonymous)

Theme: WWII, Drama

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Character

70th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
Character (Karakter)
1997
The Netherlands
Color
Directed by Mike van Diem

Plot: Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.

Theme: Family Relation, Law

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Antonia's Line

68th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
Antonia's Line (Antonia)
1995
The Netherlands
Color
Directed by Marleen Gorris

Plot: A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.

Theme: Family, Feminism

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