Monday, June 18, 2018

Netflix: Binge Watching Tabula Rasa

 

(Drivebycuriosity) - In the recent days I have been binge watching "Tabula Rasa" on Netflix. This is a psycho drama, sometimes a psycho thriller, produced in the Netherlands and streamed in Dutch, with English subtitles (imdb).

I enjoyed the subtle and slowly developing plot about a woman, who has lost her memory after an accident and is staying in a mental hospital. She is questioned by an obsessive cop on the brink of his retirement about a missing man. 

"Tabula Rasa" is a mystery and maybe also a crime story  (I don`t tell you more about the plot. This is a spoiler free blog). The story evolves in flash backs and dream sequences and the audience is learning the truth step by step.

Veerle Baetens & Malin-Sarah Gozin, the creators of the series, spun a sophisticated plot and focused on the psychological aspects, the mental issues of the leading character, her dreams & hallucinations.  The wonderful series reminded me of some very different movies: "One Flew over the Cuckoo`s Nest";  Hitchcock´s "Spellbound",  Kubricks`s "The Shining"; Japanese horror movies and even Chan-wook Park`s "Oldboy", but everything fits together and the creators found their own and interesting way. 

I enjoyed also the optical presentation, spiced with fascinating pictures, and the opening sequence is a surrealist masterpiece. The strong cast is part of the fun, especially co-creator Veerle Baetens in the leading role and Peter Van den Begin as pyromaniac hospital patient.

Recommended!


1 comment:

  1. It is a Belgian production, not from the Netherlands. But recommended indeed!

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