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Borgman (2013) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Dutch ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Alex van Warmerdam

Written By:
Alex van Warmerdam

Actors:
Jan Bijvoet ..... Camiel Borgman
Hadewych Minis ..... Marina
Jeroen Perceval ..... Richard
Alex van Warmerdam ..... Ludwig
Tom Dewispelaere ..... Pascal
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen ..... Stine
Elve Lijbaart ..... Isolde
Dirkje van der Pijl ..... Rebecca
Pieter-Bas de Waard ..... Leo
Eva van de Wijdeven ..... Ilonka
Annet Malherbe ..... Brenda
Gene Bervoets ..... Gardener
Mike Weerts ..... Arthur Stornebrink
Pierre Bokma ..... Priest
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen ..... Man with Dog

Synopsis:

A dark suburban fable exploring the nature of evil in unexpected places, BORGMAN follows an enigmatic vagrant who enters the lives of an upper-class family and quickly unravels their carefully curated lifestyle. Charming and mysterious, Camiel Borgman seems almost otherworldly, and it isn't long before he has the wife, children and nanny under his spell in a calculated bid to take over their home life. However, his domestic assimilation takes a malevolent turn as his ultimate plan comes to bear, igniting a series of increasingly maddening and menacing events.

Modern day Europe: A priest and his companion hunt silently through the fields, accompanied by a braying dog. They are armed and deadly. Their quarry is Camiel Borgman, living in military sparseness in an underground den, near companions Ludwig and Pascal. Camiel scrapes out with some difficulty, hitching a ride with a doomed truck driver on a relentless trip to the heart of suburbia. He passes by two odd women, Brenda and Ilonka, with whom he seems to share a history. When a dirty Camiel arrives at the door of artist Marina and media executive Richard's expansive, designer-chic home, the shifting perceptions of Van Warmerdam's screenplay begin to displace and disorient the audience. Hallucinogenic elements dot the consciousness as Camiel shifts between the roles of victim and aggressor. He asks for a bath. He toys with Richard's jealousy. He is viciously beaten up by his cruelly intolerant host and left wounded on the floor. Marina seeks to assuage her guilt by allowing him a space for the night. She treats his wounds. She makes him some food. She begins to deceive her husband. And Camiel Borgman insistently starts to install himself in the house as his dark advances ebb and flow, push and pull. Marina is self-obsessed; Richard a casual racist; they employ a nanny Magot to look after their three small children, the youngest of whom, Isolde, sees Camiel early on and is responsive to his presence. 'There is something that surrounds us,' says Marina, fearfully, but she is no longer in control. Large dogs roam casually through the house. There are flashes of something sinister in the garden as Camiel waits, and watches. Soon he is inhabiting Marina's dreams. 'Couldn't you come back in another capacity?,' she asks him. 'I could,' he says, '...but it will have consequences.'

A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

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