A trailer with English subtitles can be watched here.When Sam regains consciousness in the middle of a crowded subway, he doesn't know how he got there, where he came from nor his own name. He franticly searches for his identity, using the contents of his backpack. Slowly but surely he realizes his life is in great danger.
Together with my friend Sophie I watched Boy 7, a movie based on the book by Mirjam Mous. I don't really tend to watch a lot of Dutch movies, since they don't make a lot of fantasy or sci-fi movies, but when I heard about the making of a Dutch young adult sci-fi movie I knew I had to watch it. The movie is certainly not as epic as some other young adult sci-fi movies that are out there, like The Hunger Games or Divergent, but that isn't strange considering a much smaller budget to make this movie. Still, it was a lot of fun to watch. The main caracter Sam was played very well, and eventhough hack coach Marit only appears a couple of times I also really liked her. The ending of the movie was sound, but a little too rushed for my liking. It was fun to see an imagined version of my country in the future, but I would have loved to see more of what the country looked like by then!
Can't say I've ever seen a Dutch film before - this one would be a fun one for me to start with!!
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Dutch movies don't really have a large budget, so they don't always tend to be very good... Because of that it's not strange that not many Dutch movies get international recognition. However I can definitely see Boy 7 being something that would interest a wider audience than just the Netherlands!
DeleteI am glad this was such a good movie! I have heard of the book before - especially as it is very popular. I have yet to read it though and am looking forward to whenever I can do that. Oh, and I hope this does reach a larger audience.
ReplyDeleteThe movie does deviate from the book a little. For example the book is actually set in Autralia, while the movie is set in the Netherlands. There were also a couple of other changes that were made to the story, but I did felt like the producers of the movie made the right call by doing so. I hope you enjoy it as well!
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