BORGMAN Movie Trailer (Thriller – 2014)

BORGMAN – An armed priest, together with two other men, drive a hobo and his companions from their underground hideouts. The hobo, identifying himself as Anton, then appears at the door of a mansion. There, he encounters Richard and Marina, an upper-class married couple with three children. He claims he knows Marina and demands food and a bath. Due to his aggressive behaviour, Richard gets angry and violently beats him. However, Marina, driven by guilt and curiosity, decides to help him and allows him to stay in the garden shed, without Richard knowing it.

Borgman is a Dutch psychological thriller drama film directed by Alex van Warmerdam. It was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened in the Vanguard section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Borgman

Directed by Alex van Warmerdam.
Written by Alex van Warmerdam.
Starring: Jan Bijvoet
Cinematography: Tom Erisman
Distributed by Cinéart.
Release date: 19 May 2013 (Cannes), 29 August 2013 (Netherlands)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: Netherlands
Language: Dutch