Amsterdam Global Village
After travelling the world from north to south and east to west, Johan van der Keuken turns his camera to his hometown, a welcoming city open to the world, creating a sweeping portrait of Amsterdam and its inhabitants. The peaceful circles formed by the canals of the old city inspire a structure built around lateral movements through the seasons and through time, movements interrupted by a series of encounters that reflect Amsterdam’s strong sense of cultural diversity. Everything revolves around four stories: those of Roberto, a Bolivian man; Khalid, a Moroccan courier; Borz-Ali, a Chechen man; and Hennie, an elderly Jewish woman.
| Director | Johan van der Keuken |
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Whether or not you have wandered the legendary streets of Amsterdam before, whether you delight in recognizing the countless details that linger in your memory of the city or are discovering them for the first time, this film offers a captivating immersion into the city's vibrant heart. Monumental in scope, it invites us into Johan van der Keuken's vast global village through the unique language of cinema. Over the course of a year, van der Keuken leads us along a path filled with surprises, detours, performances, and anecdotes. It is a journey that is both meticulously crafted and resolutely open to reality—from the screenplay to the shoot and finally the edit—bringing a city and an era to life while making full use of cinema's remarkable power of synthesis. Amsterdam Global Village is a poem, a symphony, at once a cubist and a pointillist portrait of a city that is both extraordinary and steeped in history. By the end, we feel as though we have truly lived there for a time, transported back to the mid-1990s and carried through the world the filmmaker sought to help us understand.
Sylvain Baldus
Filmmaker
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Français
3h48
Language: Français -
English
Language: English
- Année 1996
- Pays Netherlands
- Durée 228
- Producteur Pieter Van Huystee Film & Tv (PVH Films)
- Langue Dutch
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court After travelling the world, Johan van der Keuken turns his camera to his hometown and delivers a magnificent portrait of Amsterdam and its inhabitants.
- Ordre 2
- Avertissement This film contains images and depictions that may be disturbing to some viewers.
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-07-10
Whether or not you have wandered the legendary streets of Amsterdam before, whether you delight in recognizing the countless details that linger in your memory of the city or are discovering them for the first time, this film offers a captivating immersion into the city's vibrant heart. Monumental in scope, it invites us into Johan van der Keuken's vast global village through the unique language of cinema. Over the course of a year, van der Keuken leads us along a path filled with surprises, detours, performances, and anecdotes. It is a journey that is both meticulously crafted and resolutely open to reality—from the screenplay to the shoot and finally the edit—bringing a city and an era to life while making full use of cinema's remarkable power of synthesis. Amsterdam Global Village is a poem, a symphony, at once a cubist and a pointillist portrait of a city that is both extraordinary and steeped in history. By the end, we feel as though we have truly lived there for a time, transported back to the mid-1990s and carried through the world the filmmaker sought to help us understand.
Sylvain Baldus
Filmmaker
-
Français
Duration: 3h48Language: Français3h48 -
English
Language: English
- Année 1996
- Pays Netherlands
- Durée 228
- Producteur Pieter Van Huystee Film & Tv (PVH Films)
- Langue Dutch
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court After travelling the world, Johan van der Keuken turns his camera to his hometown and delivers a magnificent portrait of Amsterdam and its inhabitants.
- Ordre 2
- Avertissement This film contains images and depictions that may be disturbing to some viewers.
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-07-10
