Katja (Line Pillet) is a 16-year-old orphan who has been sent to live in the attic of a Catholic hospital for the duration of her unplanned pregnancy. Set in Flanders in 1978, society's answer to teenage pregnancy seems to be to pretend it does not exist. Most of the girls who are hidden away in the hospital's attic are anxious to give their babies up for adoption -- a plan that is wholeheartedly promoted by the nuns -- but Katja naively expects to raise her baby with her former-teacher-turned-baby-daddy, Guy (Wim Helsen). Well, that is until she discovers the real reason that she has been sent to this secret location by Guy.
- 11/18/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Dirty Mind opens with a simple conceit of our reality - that the most complex of human experience can be traced back to simple chemical brain functions. It's a fascinating concept, especially for film, but it's also scary territory when trying to lay the groundwork for a narrative that's meant to be meaningful and matter. But it's an anchor the film gladly wears even as it piles on the dramatic weight. It never quite reaches where it's going, but it's achieved something in at least trying. The lowest on the totem pole, Diego (Wim Helsen), is laughed at on the job working with his confident, stunt man older brother Cisse (Robbie Cleiren). He's shy, struggles with a need for love he can't fulfill, and is generally walked upon by everyone until an accident sees him waking up in the hospital as Tony T - a brand new personality that comes complete with cockiness and catch-phrases. He...
- 10/14/2009
- by Dr. Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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