Godforsaken
2003 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.2
In a small Dutch town, two boys form an intense, isolating bond that shuts out everyone else. As they reject social and moral limits, their grip on reality weakens and their choices pull them toward increasingly dangerous, violent crime.
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Details
- Original title
- Van God Los
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2003-04-24
- Language
- Dutch
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (41 votes)
About
If you like grim, character-driven crime stories about obsession and moral collapse, this may work for you; Not for you if you want hopeful arcs, light moments, or less disturbing violence like in Wolf.
Pros: intense friendship focus; dark crime spiral; unsettling atmosphere | Cons: bleak tone throughout; disturbing violence; little emotional relief
Themes
- mass murder
- based on true story
- crime spree
- 1990s
Cast & crew
Angela Schijf
as Anna Sprengers
Tygo Gernandt
as Maikel Verheije
Egbert Jan Weeber
as Stan Meijer
Mads Wittermans
as Sef
Selma Copijn
as Granddaughter Osman
Tamer Avkapan
as Right hand Osman
- BT
Brader Torun
as Osman Sukur
Marnie Blok
as Mother Stan
Pim Lambeau
as Mrs. van de Velde
Frits Lambrechts
as Mr. van de Velde
Directed by Pieter Kuijpers