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Claustrofobia (2011)
Claustrofobia review
Claustrofobia is a thriller film about the desperate extent to which a person will go for revenge on someone who played what is explained as a "practical joke" on him. The film makes sure that you never know what is coming next however, despite a few inconsistencies. When you think you know why everything is in its place, suddenly a twist happens and the viewer is made to rethink their theory, for example the fate of Danny de Koning the detective. The main problem I found with this film is that a lot of the characters' motives are unexplained, or the explanation given does not stand up when subjected to logic. On the whole though, I would recommend this film highly, as it keeps the viewer holding on, wanting to know what happens, and is tense and exciting at some of its best moments. A word of warning however. Don't watch this film if you are expecting a horror movie. There is a lot of blood, but it isn't scary, and I would classify it as a thriller over a horror movie.
Skin (2008)
Skin review
Skin is a movie about the difficulties of life after the experience of a concentration camp and is set in the Netherlands in 1979. Robert de Hoog (brilliantly) plays Frankie, the son of a holocaust survivor; a man who struggles to leave his war experiences behind and begin to live a normal life. In being like this, he begins to frustrate Frankie, who slowly becomes more and more distant from his father as the movie progresses. Their lives are turned upside down by the hospitalisation and eventual death of Frankie's mother, who held the family together. Seeking solace, Frankie joins a group of Neo-Nazis, an action that causes his social life to break down. The film shows Frankie's slow demise very cleverly with analeptic shots of Frankie's life before he was incarcerated, as the film switches between past and present. All in all, this is an excellent film and one I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn how badly the holocaust can affect a person's life, and to see how families can be torn apart by a teenager's desire to be accepted.