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Ben X

 

Netherlands / Belgium 2007, 89 minutes
Dir. Nic Balthazar
In Dutch with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Youth

Topics: Computers & Tech, Internet.

 

Aroview: A provocative Dutch drama of 21st century teen angst, centred on an Asperger’s Syndrome-afflicted gamer whose addiction to online role-playing begins to merge dangerously with his real life woes.

Programming villains, romance and unforeseeable movie twists into a timely, if pointed commentary on modern youth culture, dir. Balthazar – adapting from his own novel – also builds suspense into the film with its on-edge protagonist and flirtation with headline tragedies of bullying gone too far. Although adopting high school genre tropes a little too liberally, this is a fresh enough take on outcasts and ostracism (in the cyber age) that’s also skillfully and sensitively made.

NZ International Film Festival 2008

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