Ghosts From The Past

2014
7| 1h30m| en
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A documentary in which after being released from prison, former criminal Viggo wonders why he developed from a sensitive little boy into a merciless criminal. He decides to give up his criminal existence for good and dives into his past to avoid making the very same mistakes a second time. Viggo realizes that the damage he suffered because of his family might jeopardize his new life. His quest, in which he drags his two sister, leads to painful confrontations with their past and also with one another. The secrets of their incestuous family and manipulative father are unraveled little by little.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
andy_n_johansen Just saw this dutch doc at the Docpoint Film Festival in Helsinki. I was amazed at the great material the documentary makers managed to get for this. Basically the documentary is about Viggo, and two of his sisters, who in their own way confront issues from their past as they grew up with a father who sexually abused them. The mother died when Viggo was a child and at some point the incest-relations started happening. Viggo has been a criminal most of his adult life, but is trying to put all that behind him and pursue a course in psychotherapy plus have a good relationship with his sisters.There are some weak point about the documentary though. It seems to be heading off in too many directions. At one point it is mentioned that the family consisted of 6 children, and it is often mentioned that an older brother also joined in the abusive part. But Besides Viggo and his two sisters we don't hear anything about the last two siblings, and it is never mentioned whether older brother Tjeerd is dead or he just didn't want to participate in the documentary. It is also mentioned that the father got a medal from the danish resistance movement during WW2, plus there are several songs throughout the documentary in danish language, but it is never mentioned whether or not the family actually had any ties with Denmark. Plus the doc seems to change its focus quite often, leaving viewers wondering for more. But overall still a very interesting film, the best parts being the honesty and openness from Viggo and his sisters when the camera is on. There is also impressive 8mm archive footage, as their father filmed quite a lot and it goes well into the telling of the story. But a more tight and selected narrative from the documentarists would have suited it.