The Storm

The Storm

2009 · 96 min · NL · 6.8 (47 votes)
Dir. Ben Sombogaart · Starring Sylvia Hoeks, Barry Atsma, Dirk Roofthooft, Monic Hendrickx, Sanne den Hartogh, Katja Herbers
Drama

A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953. When their farmhouse is destroyed by the flood, teenage mother Julia gets separated from her baby boy, whom she kept hidden in a box. She is saved from drowning by a young air force lieutenant, who agrees to go help looking for Julia's little son.

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A harrowing and deeply emotional experience, this film immerses you in the terrifying chaos of a natural disaster. It's a story of desperate survival and the profound bonds of family tested by unimaginable loss.

devastatingheartbreakingtensesombersteadyhistorical dramarealisticgrittysurvivallosshumanitydisaster
netherlandsbelgiumbased on true storydisasterflood
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