The Book of Everything

(2024)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2024

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Latvia, Netherlands

Director: Ineke Houtman

Cast: Brandon River Coene, Daan Schuurmans, Салли Хармсен, Aiko Beemsterboer, Margo Dames, Anita Franklin, Gonny Gaakeer, Eva Damen, Luena Zoeter, Jimi Hulshof

Plot

The 1960s, Netherlands. Thomas doesn’t realise it yet, but he has special powers. The nine-year-old sees things others cannot. He lives in a strict, religious family where his father, quick to cite the word of God, often resorts to violence. As a sense of injustice grows within him and a longing for freedom takes hold, Thomas begins writing his Book on Everything. In it, he wishes for his father’s punishment and encounters a host of unusual characters: Jesus Christ, a levitating lady with a piano-loving cat, tropical fish swimming in city canals, a young peg-legged witch living next door, and many others.