Hidden Flaws (2004)

Name: Hidden Flaws
Director: Paula van der Oest
Released: 2004-10-28
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Eric van der Donk, Matteo van der Grijn, Gert Embrechts

Director: Paula van der Oest

Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Eric van der Donk, Matteo van der Grijn, Gert Embrechts

Runtime103 min

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Seventy-year-old Agnes takes the ashes of her dear Robert and travels to their regular holiday cottage on the Scottish island of Mull. On the way, two Dutch runaways, the ten-year-old girl Chris and her younger brother Tommie, sneak into her car. The children warn Agnes they will flee again if she calls the police. In the secluded house, beautifully located near a bay with a view of the sea, the elderly woman and the children gradually grow towards each other. Chris is confident and short-tempered, and dominates not only her younger, pigheaded brother, but also old Agnes, who loses herself in memories of Robert. Meanwhile, Agnes has to withstand the people who want to take over the house from her. The surroundings play a major role in this adaptation of Renate Dorrestein's novel about family, trust and secrets.

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Director Paula van der Oest's 2004 film Hidden Flaws offers a thoughtful, character-driven drama that explores themes of family, trust, and secrets, featuring strong performances from its lead actors Monic Hendrickx, Eric van der Donk, and Matteo van der Grijn.

About

Renate Maria Dorrestein was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books. Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries.