Matterhorn

7.1
2013 1 hr 27 min Drama , Comedy

A lonely widower finds himself facing both his devout Calvinist village community and his own deepest regrets when he takes a deranged vagrant into his home.

  • Cast:
    Ton Kas , René van 't Hof , Porgy Franssen , Michel Sluysmans , Elise Schaap , Alex Klaasen , Sieger Sloot

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Reviews

Prolabas
2013/01/24

Deeper than the descriptions

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SteinMo
2013/01/25

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

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Edison Witt
2013/01/26

The first must-see film of the year.

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Ginger
2013/01/27

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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hp-anzinger
2013/01/28

what a movie - enjoyed every minute of it Weird little beautiful story - where everything worked (was hooked from the first minute). Kind of a new experience - a slow paced movie where I didn't want to miss any minute. Why it deserves 10 starsThe script: it's brilliant - no clue what happens next and believable when it happens. The actors: OK I only read the subtitles but the acting looked really good - and the casting was spot on The look: Weird and nice like the film.It's really amazing how many good films are now from Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.

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Bico La
2013/01/29

I luckily was given a hint by a friend not to miss this movie and I'm very grateful for it! What can I say? A must see. This movie is a masterpiece. It's hilarious, sad, touching, weird, clever and simply beautiful. Perfectly composed and I loved the look of the movie. All actors are great. Needless to say that the soundtrack is wonderful as well. A rare, very special, very unique piece of art, that left me breathless, happy and uplifted in my seat where I stayed even 5 minutes after the credits were through. I give it 10 stars as there is nothing that I didn't like and there is nothing that I would change or would have wished to be different. Sad it can be seen so seldom on the big screen, as that's where it should be watched. I would watch it again if I had the possibility. Please don't miss it!!

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Dennis van den Heuvel
2013/01/30

I happened to catch Matterhorn by accident today on the Netherlands Film Festival, and boy, what an accident it was. It would be a good film, if this was supposed to be an exercise in nothingness. This film completely left me cold. Our main protagonist is a somewhat fundamentalist Christian believer, and I don't know if the intention was to try and make him 'deep' with an expressionless face and hardly any words spoken throughout the film, but I sure was convinced nothing actually happens in the man's brain, and whatever he decides to do, seemed to be completely random fluke occurrences all-the-time. He gives shelter to what appears to be a homeless, mentally handicapped guy. We see our protagonist do other completely random fluke actions now, the reaction from the tightly knit together Christian fundamentalist church on this, and... that's about it. There's no humor, there's no tragedy, the characters are about as bland as haystacks, it isn't even realistic, but to call it absurdistic is also giving it way too much credit. This film truly is, absolutely nothing. Stay away from this one, the most unoriginal people who ever existed appear to have been working together to make their masterpiece, and have succeeded.

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jeannette-wevers
2013/01/31

The film Matterhorn a beautiful film that has a nice time image shows how the community and then dealt with deviant behavior. A few minor issues: given the beautiful old bus where protagonist Ton Kas is playing in this film is set in the late 60s early 70s. On the billboards at the entrance of the supermarket is a euro's ad. The agency worker looking for a trip to the computer with a mouse. The living room has an old gas stove and a resume radiator. I shame of these imperfections because it is also a wonderful film, very worthwhile.Jeannette

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