For a Lost Soldier
In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in Amsterdam. While living with his adopted family, Jeroen meets and becomes friends with a Canadian soldier named Walt Cook, who is stationed at the same town he is staying at. Joroen and Walt spend a lot of time playing around and eventually a romantic relationship develops between them. The boy’s sexual curiosity leads him to have a sexual experience with Walt, an encounter that is shown with some vague detail but without actually showing any nudity, even though sexual intimacy between the two of them is implied. Overall, the movie handles this difficult subject with an elegant style and feeling, without having the adult-child relationship overwhelm the viewer and thus allowing the movie to be seen as just a wartime relationship between two people that marks an important time in a young boy’s life.
Directed by Roeland Kerbosch · Written by Roeland Kerbosch
Where to Watch
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Cast
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Maarten Smit Jeroen Boman (young) -
Jeroen Krabbé Jeroen Boman (adult) - Andrew Kelley Walt Cook
- Freark Smink Hait
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Elsje de Wijn Mem - Derk-Jan Kroon Jan
- Wiendelt Hooijer Henk
- Iris Misset Bonden
- Gineke de Jager Elly
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Tatum Dagelet Gertie - Marie-José Kouwenhoven Renske
- Valerie Valentine Laura
Make it a double feature
3h 7m together
For a Lost Soldier
The Dream
Both from Roeland Kerbosch.
