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Netherlands10 Essential Dutch FilmsStop 5 of 10
The Northerners
De Noorderlingen
In a strange, half-built housing development in 1960s Netherlands, a gallery of eccentric neighbors pursue their thwarted desires — a butcher, a forester, a devout boy, a postman who steams open the mail. Alex van Warmerdam's deadpan absurdist comedy.
Why it’s here
Alex van Warmerdam’s Golden Calf-winning satire belongs to the Canon of Dutch Cinema.