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Watch Meet the Fokkens Movie Online No Survey Meet Louise and Martine Fokkens: 69-year-old identical twins who have worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam's red light district for over 50 years. Louise is newly retired due to arthritis ("I couldn't get one leg over the other"), but Martine carries on, unable to support herself on a state pension. Between explicit scenes of her daily grind, she and Louise stroll the city in matching outfits, recounting hilariously ribald stories from a lifetime of sex work. (Discussing a client who was a chaplain, one recalls: "Don't you remember, we even had a little confessional!") An immensely affectionate portrait of two women who have seen and done everything (and everyone), Meet the Fokkens is a rollicking and revealing look at the world's oldest profession in the 21st century. -- (C) Kino Lorber Release Date Meet the Fokkens Aug 8, 2012 Limited
Actors For Meet the Fokkens
Louise Fokkens,Martine Fokkens
Genres Meet the Fokkens : Documentary
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Review For Meet the Fokkens
Despite the occasional stumble, the doc never falls, thanks to the sheer strength of its subjects' undaunted and indomitable character. Rick Groen-Globe and Mail The doc gives a rare look at the business of plying the world's oldest profession over the past 50 years in the famously tolerant city, but the directors are a bit too hands-off and the narrative wanders. Linda Barnard-Toronto Star Year by year, they've shared every part of their lives, and now the Fokkens sashay into the future, sharing memories and viewpoints as well as their neon-bright identical outfits. Farran Smith Nehme-New York Post The filmmakers follow the sisters around town, creating a delightful portrait of good-natured extroverts. Elizabeth Weitzman-New York Daily News The sisters' struggle for autonomy (they opened Amsterdam's only independent brothel until they were forced out by organized crime) reveals a touching commitment to mutual survival. Jeannette Catsoulis-NPR A racy, thoroughly enjoyable docu about a pair of 69-year-old identical-twin hookers in Amsterdam, Meet the Fokkens bounces along with defiant joie de vivre. Ronnie Scheib-Variety Despite the pleasure of spending a little over an hour with these two warm, loving women, Meet the Fokkens often falters as a film. Emily Kirkpatrick-Paste Magazine Amusing and even liberating to watch, but lacks sufficient insight and revelations. How often do you get to see a doc about elderly prostitutes? Avi Offer-NYC Movie Guru Schröder and Provaas frame their conversation well, making good use of the color, the reflective surfaces, and the surfeit of exposed younger flesh in the District. Noel Murray-AV Club The feminist documentary takes up the battered-wife syndrome, low pay for female workers, forced separation of mothers and children and-finally-a woman-owned business. Gloria Steinem must be happy, though the film centers on 69-year-old twin hookers. Marsha McCreadie-Film Journal International Few recent studies of commercialized sex have been character profiles, so Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas's doc is an unusual and welcome polemic. Joseph Jon Lanthier-Slant Magazine To what degree the seductive senior siblings for sale are leveling with audiences is up for grabs, but certain truths vividly come into play. Namely, their refusal to act old, along with challenging the cultural norms of what it means to be beautiful. Prairie Miller-NewsBlaze