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The Bastard (2018)

March. 29,2018
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Ethiopian Daniel Hoek has no doubt in his mind that if his Dutch father had not abandoned him he would never have turned to crime. His Dutch father, Joop Hoek, has no doubt in his mind that if his Dutch-Indonesian father had not abandoned him he would have grown up to be a different person. In The Bastard two separate stories of an adult child and an elderly father are inextricably intertwined. Together they tell a harrowing tale about fate and DNA and about how the lack of a father influenced these lives.

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Steineded
2018/03/29

How sad is this?

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Executscan
2018/03/30

Expected more

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Nayan Gough
2018/03/31

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Allison Davies
2018/04/01

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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