Where were you, Fow Pyng Hu? It took four years after his impressive debut Jacky before Paradise Girls appeared. Another eight years later, he has made his third feature, Nick. The hero of the title is a self-satisfied chef who is thrown out everywhere and leaves for Croatia to find truffles and himself.
'I'm just here for the ride, I don’t mean anything I say’, says intelligent, elusive, conceited, cynical Nick to the beautiful Monie during a date that - again - gets completely out of hand. 'Just get lost,' she snarls at him. 'Go back to your mother.'
Nick works as a sous-chef in a restaurant; he is good and he knows it. He thinks all the others are useless, and has hardly any respect for his boss, Wim. One day, an argument gets hopelessly out of hand in the kitchen, and Nick runs off with pretty young Croatian waitress Kristina, heading south to look for white truffles in the vast Croatian forests. And to find himself.
The third feature by Fow Pyng Hu (Jacky, Paradise Girls) is an intriguing combination of character study and road movie, with powerful performances by Merijn de Jong (Nick) and Marcel Hensema (Wim). The beautiful photography by Benito Strangio, especially the curious dream sequences, contribute to the special mood, as do the sound design and music.
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Het is niet handig om de hoofdrolspeler zo onsympathiek te laten zijn. Ik ben het wel eens met het dissapointing qua acteren en script.Het was een onduidelijk verhaal met een nog onduidelijker einde.
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Webreview from juffie on 01 February 14:17
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Ben het niet eens met de recensie van militis.
Misschien heeft hij/zij zich door het uiterst iritante gedrag van de hoofperson laten beinvloeden,ik hoop dat de acteur die deze rol speelt niet zichzelf heeft gespeeld,goed acteerwerk in dat geval.Heb wel veel slechtere films gezien,het valt ook niet mee om tussen al de inzedingen er uit te springen,mooie beelden van Rotterdam en van de natuur aan het einde.
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Webreview from Jaap Poot on 30 January 17:55
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Dissapointing. flat and soapy.. with an extremely unlikable leading character with no redeeming qualities.
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Webreview from militis on 30 January 14:08
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