Heaven

2012 [DUTCH]

Action / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 1965 2K

woman director father daughter relationship

Plot summary

Divided into chapters, the film first chronicles Hemel's many sexual conquests, but then takes on a different tone as it explores her complicated relationship with her father, Gijs. A dapper auctioneer, Gijs has dated a series of younger women since Hemel's mother's death. But when Gijs starts seeing the charming Sophie, for the first time Hemel feels that her special relationship with her father is threatened...

Director

Sacha Polak Photo
Sacha Polak

Top cast

Hannah Hoekstra Photo
Hannah Hoekstra as Hemel
Ward Weemhoff Photo
Ward Weemhoff as Joris
Abdullah el Baoudi Photo
Abdullah el Baoudi as Scooter Guy
Rifka Lodeizen Photo
Rifka Lodeizen as Sophie
720p.BluRay
764.25 MB
1280*574
Dutch 2.0
NR
Subtitles nl  
23.976 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by denpolites 6 / 10

seems to have no point, but...

Reviewed by lavatch 1 / 10

A Heavenly Film?

Reviewed by jordondave-28085 7 / 10

Like father like daughter

(In Dutch with English subtitles)The name "Hemel" as the movie is called is reference to the character played by Hannah Hoekstra, and at the opening she's already making out with someone. And at first, I thought the person she's making out with must either be her boyfriend or her spouse. The next thing I know, Hemel is dancing with some random guy- not the same guy at the opening at a nightclub, and she tries to hit on him with her advances and he's like 'that he is not like that'. Feeling somewhat rejected she then decide to go and sulk at the bar, with the second guy sitting next to her who is much more willing to make out with her, and they just like, met and are like, stranger's- in other words, she is as promiscuous as they come. And while watching this, one can made to wonder where does she get this from? Oh, look, this old guy, Gijs (Hans Dageletin) which she strut around naked sometimes happens to be her dad. Like a parent treating his or her naked baby. There's even a scene when her dad carries her to use the toilet. And if anyone were to wonder why we do not see Hemel like, work anywhere, it is because her dad, successful as a businessman pays for her security, including the flat that she lives in. And while Hemel loves to make out with different guys, her dad who is single loves to make out with different women. In other words, he is a womanizer who does not really know how to settle down. And it sometimes offends her as she sometimes ruins his relationships he has with other women. Directed by a woman by the name of Sacha Polak, as well as the script also by a woman by the name of Helena van der Meulen the movie is self-explanatory and would not have worked if it was directed and written by a man.
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