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Review
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Evocative, highly entertaining life's story of Antonia, a
Dutch middle-aged woman, who moves back to her childhood
village after her husband dies, to raise her daughter, and
get on with her life. Through a series of incidents, we
come to know the people of the town, the local philosopher,
and the local fools, a Romeo/Juliet romance (he's
protestant, she's catholic), a mean local farmer and his
sons, and the handsome widower with a discrete shack on the
back of his property. Beautifully filmed, filled with
colourful, interesting characterizations. Lovingly made,
ultimately pessimistic -- life is just a cycle. We are
born, we live, experience joy and sadness, and die, with
bittersweet resignation.
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