Franca Grieve (1979) debuted in 2009 with her book Dorsvloer full of confetti . It became a bestseller, which was nominated for include the AKO Literature Prize. Now that the filming of the psychological novel revolves about a girl who, like Grieve himself, growing up in a strict Calvinist farmer’s family.
The director Tallulah Schwab knows to the book to life and “like story with head and tail “To tell compliments NRC reviewer Coen van Zwol:. four star
” Simply could not have been, to the cheerful but impressionistic glimpse into the world of a to film. twelve year old, strict Calvinist farmer (…) Catherine, with a nice mix of dreaminess, curiosity and stubbornness played by newcomer Purses Nieuwerf. (…) At the end the director puts her rebellion little too tightly: as often in Dutch drama she underestimated her audience a bit. But that does little to detract from a film that reformed sadness and joie makes vivre so pretty understandable. “
Best Dutch boekverfilming recent years
AD ( four star ) praises Ab Zagt director Schwab to create a “compelling film” and actress Nieuwerf. He speaks of a carefully made reli drama with excellent cast:
“It’s one of the best Dutch book adaptations of recent years. Especially the young performer of Catherine is a golden opportunity. She plays the role of Catherine with a frankness that contagious works allowing the viewer all the best in the world gives her character. With or without the Bible. “
Gerrit-Jan Kleinjan Wedding ( Three stars ) sees Dorsvloer vol confetti” a true picture “The Reformation environment where outsiders normally access is denied to. “A breath of fresh air.” The newspaper calls the film “remarkably airy”.
“The big advantage here is the occurrence of Purses Nieuwerf (14 years, 4 VWO) whose exemplary child playing on the edge of puberty, frisky while sharply observant . Lots of fresh faces anyway. Doing the film well. Suzan Boogaerdt as the mother who – o sin – addicted to her flower garden, and her clothes always buy something too wide, so there is no female form are visible. Yannick de Waal as brother Christiaan resembles a Zeeland James Dean. A brave book adaptation, it is also a film without causing much swell sail off on the success of the book. “
‘Please witty and tragic’
and also Volkskrant celebrates newcomer Nieuwerf her “wonderful role.” Reviewer Floortje Smit shares Three stars for a coming-of-ageverhaal, “but without the main character is completely against her origin returns.”
“The world that she knows is her for that too dear. This is Dorsvloer not reckoning with faith, rather a loving, critical eye on it. That a teacher emits example, the “demonic messages’ in a Mai Tai number is as witty as tragic.”
Annet de Jong wrote in De Telegraaf ( four star ) that director Tallulah Schwab in her first feature film “a beautiful and true picture” outlines of a reformed community. “Her film is funny and respectful at the same time.”
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