Character, Karakter, 1997, Dutch Belgian Crime, Drama, Mystery film, Mike van Diem, Fedja van Huêt

Character (Dutch: Karakter) is a 1997 DutchBelgian film, based on the bestselling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy The film stars Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, and Betty Schuurman. Storyline In the 20 s, in Netherlands, Jacob Willem Katadreuffe has just concluded the law school and has an argument with the High Court Enforcement Officer Dreverhaven at his office. Katadreuffe leaves the place covered in blood. On the next morning, he is arrested by the police for the murder of Dreverhaven. He claims that he is innocent and discloses the story of his life to the Chief of Police. His mother Joba was the maid at Dreverhaven. One night, she is raped by him and a couple of weeks later she learns that she is pregnant. Dreverhaven proposes to marry her but Joba quits her job and leaves his house. Along the years, Katadreuffe is bullied at school and called bastard by his mates an