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Abel (1986)

Comedy | 105 minutes
3,55 736 votes

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Duration: 105 minuten

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam

Stars: Alex van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin and Olga Zuiderhoek

IMDb score: 7,4 (2.621)

Releasedate: 27 February 1986

Abel plot

Son Abel (31) still lives at home with mother Duif and father Victor. This is much to the chagrin of his father, but much to the happiness of his mother. Father does everything he can to get Abel out of the house. A psychiatrist, a magnetizer, a girl from the drama society, nothing works! When Abel and his mother buy a television, the father has had enough. Abel is brutally evicted. Then he meets Zus, a striptease girl. They click and Abel moves in with her. However, this Zus turns out to be his father's sweetheart again. When his mother sees her in an Abel sweater and Abel discovers his father at 'The Naked Girls', the dolls are really dancing...

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Movsin

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Absurd situations in this drama-comedy with the emphasis on comedy, because although the background is serious with incomprehension between parents and son and between the parents themselves, the hypocrisy of the father, the superficial patronizing of the mother, etc., it is nevertheless by far the funny thing that gets the upper hand and often generates hilarity (the herring scene).

Stylish (starting with the table scene made me feel like I was looking at a piece by Pinter) and a lot of ingenuity (the escalator, the meeting with the girl, the dancing ashtrays, the fly carving...)

Too bad those slapstick scenes at the end, but not so bad, because a very enjoyable film with excellent acting.

Praise is certainly for van Warmerdam who was responsible for the script and direction.

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hvdriel

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  • 342 votes

At times a ingeniously absurd film that is very reminiscent of the films of Roy Andersson - MovieMeter.nl (and consider this as a big compliment).

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Fisico (moderator films)

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Great Warmerdam behind and in front of the scenes. In my opinion his best movie. The limited scenes and characters make the film feel like a play for the most part. Also due to the fact that he plays with dark shadows and illuminated spots.

The film is, as it were, a small work of art and is quite unique in the Low Countries. Jaco Van Dormael also dares to venture into something similar. Abel has become a quirky out of the box work by Van Warmerdam with special characters that you would not be able to imagine in real life. And yet the film feels everyday or familiar, perhaps also because of the theater feeling.

The beginning of the film - the Christmas dinner - is already a foretaste of what the film has to offer. Strong cast with excellent dialogues where the bickering is very contagious. A special figure that Abel tries to catch flies with scissors. But other scenes also catch the eye, such as the toilet scene or the visits of the girl or the psychiatrist.

A film that clearly plays the comic notes, but also under the skin that brings social sadness to the surface. strong!

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