Borgman 2013

type: Movie

language: Dutch

duration: 113 min

genre: thriller

theme: psychological thriller

director: Alex van Warmerdam

Score: 5 / 10

Borgman is a 2013 Dutch psychological thriller drama film directed by Alex van Warmerdam. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened in the Vanguard section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot

An armed priest, together with two other men, drive a hobo and his companions from their underground hideouts. The hobo, identifying himself as Anton, then appears at the door of a mansion. There, he encounters Richard and Marina, an upper-class married couple with three children. He claims he knows Marina, that she had nursed him in hospital, and demands food and a bath. Due to his aggressive behaviour, Richard gets angry and violently beats him. However, Marina, driven by guilt and curiosity, decides to help him and allows him to stay in the garden shed, without Richard knowing it. During Richard's absence, Anton apparently befriends Marina and all three children. He has the ability to control Marina's dreams, so she starts to despise her husband while starting to like Anton.

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More details

author	Alex van Warmerdam
award	Golden Calf for Best Feature Film Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
director	Alex van Warmerdam
editor	Job ter Burg
genre	drama thriller
keywords	brainwash bury control people hobo kill married couple
musicBy	Vincent van Warmerdam
nomination	International Submission to the Academy Awards
productionCompany	Omroep NTR
publisher	Cinéart
theme	independent psychological thriller