Waldstille is a haunting Brabant drama. Read what Martijn Maria Smits says about it

by Leo Bankersen
30 March 201729 March 2022
8 min read
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Martijn Maria Smits (1980) mikt niet op een groot publiek maar viel met zijn werk al vaak in de prijzen. Met Waldstille bewijst hij opnieuw een Nederlands filmmaker met een duidelijk eigen signatuur te zijn. Ook The Hollywood Reporter ontdekte dat en schreef na de première in San Sebastian een lovende recensie over dit beklemmende Brabantse drama over Ben, die door een stommiteit de dood van zijn vrouw op zijn geweten heeft. Als zijn schoonfamilie hem na het uitzitten van zijn straf bij zijn do...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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