Terug naar Oegstgeest
An artist returns to the stifling atmosphere of the small Dutch village where he grew up, a place marked by morbidity, suppression of emotion, Calvinist hypocrisy and a suffocating patriarchy.
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"The novels of Jan Wolkers have been regularly filmed ever since Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight, filmed by Paul Verhoeven) became an international success in 1973. Terug naar Oegstgeest is one of the earlier works still much influenced by Jan's unhappy childhood in a fundamentalist Christian family during the war years, comparable in tone with Kort Amerikaans (1979). Terug naar Oegstgeest features the return of an artist to his roots in a small Dutch village after the death of his parents, whom he hated for their narrow mindedness and hypocrisy brought on by their faith. This return to past..."
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There are references to other works of author Jan Wolkers: in the store, the customer asks for Turkish delight, a reference to Turkish Delight (1973), adapted from Wolkers' eponymous book. And Peter's girlfriend is called Serpentina, after Wolkers' novel 'Serpentina's Petticoat'.
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An artist returns to the stifling atmosphere of the small Dutch village where he grew up, a place marked by morbidity, suppression of emotion, Calvinist hypocrisy and a suffocating patriarchy.