Dense on the Sea
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47% Critic Match

Dense on the Sea

4.7 / 10 2000 1h 25mNR Dutch
Drama

Storyline

Constant Wegman (Benja Bruijning), a 14 year old boy, raised by his grandmother (Carry Tefsen) in Zeedijk, Amsterdam. She is the owner of a cafe-hotel “De Rode Laars” (“The Red Boots”). The dreaming Constant runs away from this world of drunkards, gamblers, fighters by writing poems. His grandmother wants him to take control of the cafe. Then Constant secretly subscribes to a national poem writing competition: a new Vondel is born!

Cast & Crew

Benja Bruijning

Benja Bruijning

Constant

Lead
Bart Oomen

Bart Oomen

Siem

Hans Beijer

Hans Beijer

AB

Andy Bijnaar

Soldaat

Carry Tefsen

Carry Tefsen

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gerrard Verhage's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dense on the Sea is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker