2003 · crime · drama
Godforsaken!
Directed by Pieter Kuijpers1h 30m2003
Two small town Dutch boys whose socially unnatural friendship is so close, they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
Our read: Godforsaken! (2003) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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- intense
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