La Grande Bellezza and Borgman best films 2013 according to Dutch film press

Members of the Dutch Circle of Film Journalists (KNF) and other film critics reviewed the Italian tragicomedy La Grande Bellezza voted best cinematic film of 2013. According to the same critics, Borgman by Alex van Warmerdam the best Dutch film of this year, the KNF announced.

La Grande Bellezza by Paolo Sorrentino received the most points after a record 91 Dutch critics had cast a vote. The film, about a 60-year-old journalist who goes from party to party in Rome in search of inspiration for a book, was previously the big winner at the European Film Awards.

The Dutch vote saw La Grande Bellezza followed closely by the space epic in 3D Gravity by Alfonso Cuaron and the love drama La vie d'Adèle By Abdellatif Kechiche.

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Among the Dutch films was Borgman the convincing winner that number two Wolf and Matterhorn (number three) by a good distance.

Borgman was the first patriotic title to compete for the Golden Palm at Cannes in 38 years. At the Netherlands Film Festival, this dark thriller about a mysterious intruder in a villa district was awarded the Golden Calf for best film. Hadewych Minis received the Golden Calf for best actress for her role. In cinemas, Borgman so far over 115,000 visitors, which is very successful for a Dutch arthouse film.

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