Released
The Book of Everything
October 10 2024 (about 1 month ago)Rating
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- Director: Ineke Houtman
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 30 m
- Countries: Latvia, Netherlands
- Companies: FATT Productions, Kaap Holland Film, White Picture, KRO-NCRV, CoBo Fonds, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Nederlands Filmfunds, Netherlands Film Production Incentive
The 1960s, Netherlands. Thomas doesn’t realise it yet, but he has special powers. The nine-year-old sees things others cannot. He lives in a strict, religious family where his father, quick to cite the word of God, often resorts to violence. As a sense of injustice grows within him and a longing for freedom takes hold, Thomas begins writing his Book on Everything. In it, he wishes for his father’s punishment and encounters a host of unusual characters: Jesus Christ, a levitating lady with a piano-loving cat, tropical fish swimming in city canals, a young peg-legged witch living next door, and many others.
