Offscreen

I just saw it today on NL3 (dutch public television) only a couple of months after its release which is great 'cause I missed it in theatres. I really wanted to see this one because for a movie the plot seems rather far-fetched but the guy actually went to the wrong building. When I heard they we're gonna make a film about it I was a little sceptical because dutch films (when not character based literary adaptations) are usually rather bad and I was expecting this movie was gonna be just another trying-to-make-a-hip-film-with-international-allure *beep* (think: Soul Assassin). But, it turned out rather good actually. The two stars are fine actors (especially Jan Decleir) and the film has a wonderful downtempo, almost melancholic "feel". I felt the director could've made some more use of the location though, because the two towers near the Amsterdam Amstel railway station (some of the highest and most modern (office-)buildings in Amsterdam) must have some more cinematographic value than shown in the film. But hey, maybe that wasn't the point of the director and, come to think of it, some pretentious artistic directing would only take the viewers attention off the humanity of the story.
So, indeed a nice little film. Check it out if you have the chance.