Pastorale 1943 is a very intriguing portrait of the Dutch resistance movement into the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. It’s told in careful scenarios and the main characters are a high school teacher, a florist, and couple of other small town denizens. Wim Verstappen's movie is tense and scary and always very interesting but also occasionally stupid, petty, and awkward, rather like a Chekhov short story without any biting satire. There’s a Rutger Hauer cameo at the end that is absolutely glorious.
