A Noble Intention
2015 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 6.5 · 75% critics
In late-1800s Amsterdam, a craftsman is forced out as the city changes, while his pharmacist cousin seeks escape after risky, illegal work. Together they devise a plan meant to secure a better life for themselves, their families, and a struggling community promised a future abroad—yet ambition and pride push events toward tragedy.
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Details
- Original title
- Publieke Werken
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-12-10
- Language
- Dutch
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (46 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like historical dramas about ambition, ethics, and plans that spiral under pressure, in the vein of The Resistance Banker; Not for you if you want light, uplifting stories or clear-cut heroes.
Pros: rich historical setting; moral dilemmas; high-stakes scheme | Cons: bleak tone; slow-building drama; tragic consequences
Themes
- hotel
- netherlands
- 19th century
- father son relationship
Cast & crew
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
as Vedder
Jacob Derwig
as Anijs
Rifka Lodeizen
as Martha
- ZT
Zeb Troostwijk
as Klein Pet
Juda Goslinga
as Bennemin
- EH
Elisabeth Hesemans
as Mother Bennemin
Joosje Duk
as Johanna Bennemin
Sander van Amsterdam
as Lubber
- HW
Houk van Warmerdam
as Sieger
Thomas Cammaert
as Ebert
Directed by Joram Lürsen