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The East

De Oost

Non Premiere

137 minutes | 2020 | Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia, France, United States | Drama, Thriller, War |  Dutch, Indonesian | English Sub. | 18+

Synopsis
Sinopsis

In 1946, just after World War II, more than 100.000 young soldiers are shipped from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies to fight yet another war. The Dutch East Indies colony has just declared its independence and the Dutch government wants to suppress this fight of freedom as quickly as possible. Among the troops is Johan, who has several reasons to do his part in the escalating conflict. With boyish enthusiasm, he enters this adventure in this exotic country. Johan makes friends and falls in love, but pretty soon he gets fed up with waiting for action in a country that, it seems, doesn’t want to be “liberated”. Things finally start to make sense when he meets the infamous captain “The Turk” Westerling. Johan thinks that a forceful man of action like The Turk is exactly what is needed to force a breakthrough in the conflict, so he happily accepts his offer to join the captain’s elite army squad and fight the local rebellious forces. When The Turk’s actions become increasingly brutal, Johan starts to reconsider his beliefs about right and wrong and his personal role in this war…

Schedule
Jadwal
  • XXI Empire The Premiere  | Dec 3, 2024 | 16:45 WIB

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Jim Taihuttu

Jim Taihuttu

Jim Taihuttu (1981) is a writer-director and part of the DJ-act Yellow Claw. He is also the co-founder of production company Habbekrats (later New Amsterdam Film Company). Taihuttu directed the feature films RABAT (2011) and WOLF (2013), in addition to numerous short films, music videos, documentaries and commercials. His previous films RABAT and WOLF were awarded multiple Golden Calves. WOLF was further nominated for Best Feature at the Austin Fantastic Fest 2013 and the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013. At the latter festival in Spain it was awarded the Youth Jury Award, and the film also won the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei Film Festival 2014.

Cast & Crew

Kru & Pemain

Production Company New Amsterdam Film Company, Salto Films, Base Entertainment

Producer Sander Verdonk, Benoit Roland, Shanty Harmayn, Julius Ponten, Jim Taihuttu

Main Cast Martjin Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Denise Aznam

Scriptwriter Jim Taihuttu

Cinematographer Lennart Verstegen

Production Designer Lieke Scholman

Editor Mieneke Kramer

Notable Achievement

Filmography

  • WOLF (2013)
  • RABAT (2011)

Contact

sanderv@newams.com (Sander Verdonk)