Borgman (2013)

November 11, 2022 6:09 AM

[TRAILER] An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

A Dutch/Danish/Belgian production in Dutch and English. Written and directed by Alex van Warmerdam.

87% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streaming in the US on Hulu, Kanopy, Freevee, Tubi. Pluto, Shudder, and others. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (5 comments total)

Presented as part of elkevelvet's sponsored theme day, in which I'll be posting six Dutch movies. Donate $20 to MeFi and I'll post six movies on the theme of your choice, too!
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:14 AM on November 11, 2022

Alex van Warmerdam has been called "quintessentially Dutch" and to these American eyes, I suspect it's true.

This movie is a weird moody thing, that requires ruminating on for a few days, and still doesn't give up all its secrets.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:15 AM on November 11, 2022

That trailer link didn't behave, so let's try that again.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:35 AM on November 11, 2022

This movie is a weird moody thing, that requires ruminating on for a few days, and still doesn't give up all its secrets

What did your ruminating reveal? Because I haven't done the required ruminating.
posted by fleacircus at 3:33 PM on November 12, 2022

I'm pretty sure that first link worked fine when you initially posted this, and the two movie trailers are not the same are they?

Because the second trailer link portrays a darker film than the first one I viewed days ago, unless I'm imagining things.
posted by elkevelvet at 7:14 AM on November 14, 2022