Tench

Movie

2020

1h 39m

Dutch

Drama

User Score:

6.6

Tench

Movie

2020

1h 39m

Dutch

Drama

Jonathan, a kind-hearted young man, is released from prison due to lack of evidence. He returns to his mother who lives in a small house by the dunes. Jonathan wants to forget the past and is determined to become a different and better person. But even though he strictly adheres to the rules, his good intentions are soon put to the test when a young woman moves in next to him with her small daughter.

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Cast

Jonathan

Elke / Bes

Mother of Jonathan

Mother of Elke / Bes

Chantal

Vera

Chief Fish Factory

Forensic psychologist

Directed By: Patrice Toye

Written By: Patrice Toye, Peter Seynaeve

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

It is an intelligent translation of a complex book to the cinema, because while the book can transfer the protagonist's thoughts, the film adopts a more detached position. The character's ambivalence is one of the keys to the excellence of this story. The fish in the title represents his kind side, his ability to empathize with a living being. The girl, however, is the temptation, access to a forbidden desire. There is something of Frankenstein in the lake scene, conveying at the same time a feeling of empathy, but also a constant threat. The film manages to introduce us to the psychology of a difficult character (the work of the actor Tijmen Govaerts is also splendid) without the need to verbalize too much, just with a subtle look.

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