It’s All So Quiet
Alternative title: Boven is het stil

Directed by Nanouk Leopold

A middle-aged farmer caring for his bedridden father in rural isolation seeks truth and purpose in life's quiet moments, confronting his own desires and the challenges of familial duty.
Based on the novel The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker. Buy the book on Amazon.
It’s All So Quiet is a beautifully restrained Dutch rural drama about an ageing farmer, his dying father and a life of suppressed desire. Nanouk Leopold’s patient direction and Jeroen Willems’ subdued performance make the film’s silences far more expressive than any dramatic speech could be.

It’s All So Quiet

Alternative title: Boven is het stil

Directed by Nanouk Leopold

A middle-aged farmer caring for his bedridden father in rural isolation seeks truth and purpose in life's quiet moments, confronting his own desires and the challenges of familial duty.
Based on the novel The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker. Buy the book on Amazon.

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It’s All So Quiet is a beautifully restrained Dutch rural drama about an ageing farmer, his dying father and a life of suppressed desire. Nanouk Leopold’s patient direction and Jeroen Willems’ subdued performance make the film’s silences far more expressive than any dramatic speech could be.