1976 · period · colonial · drama
Max Havelaar
Directed by Fons Rademakers2h 50m1976
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.
Our read: Max Havelaar (1976) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded period · colonial · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured period / colonial, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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