Character Comments

  • Krista 2022-09-16 22:17:10

    The story is adapted from a best-selling novel, which is quite engaging. In fact, the father and mother inside are a perfect match. The patriarchal complex is coupled with class struggle, and there is still a lot of room for...

  • Chase 2022-09-16 18:00:34

    I have been in a daze in the afternoon and I have not entered the state to watch ~ the plot is about clear ~ the actor is very...

Extended Reading
  • Alexandria 2022-09-16 23:40:59

    Unwittingly overexplained

    At the Oscars, local films are often dizzy, and when the awards are handed out indiscriminately, the selection of the best foreign language film has always maintained a relatively high standard, whether it is the "Bicycle Stealer" of the year or the "No One" in recent years. "The Land of the Lord"...

  • Jimmie 2022-09-19 13:39:29

    feelings of confrontation

    Oscar-winning foreign-language film winner "The Characters," tells a social tragedy of the late 1920s that uncovers a tale of life and death, based on the best-selling original Dutch suspense.

    It strikes me because of the unspeakable confrontation between the three characters in the film. Father...

Character quotes

  • [first lines]

    Jacob Katadreuffe: I came to tell you. Today I have been sworn in as a lawyer. You must be sorry but I am sworn in and this is the last time I'll come here. Farewell for ever. You no longer exist for me.

    Dreverhaven: Congratulations.

    Jacob Katadreuffe: You congratulate me? I can't take your hand. The hand of someone who always opposed me.

    Dreverhaven: Or helped.

    [pause]

    Dreverhaven: Or helped.

  • Joba: Why don't you leave our boy in peace?

    Dreverhaven: I'll strangle him for nine-tenths, and the last tenth will make him strong.

Character

Director: Mike van Diem

Language: Dutch,English,German,French Release date: March 27, 1998