2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 20 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 20 m

Summary 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 gri...

Directed By: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schröder

Written By: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schröder

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 20 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 20 m

Meet the Fokkens

Name: Meet the Fokkens
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2012-08-10
Duration: 1 min 20 s
Rating: 68
Cast: Louise Fokkens, Martine Fokkens

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schröder

Written By: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schröder

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Slant Magazine

Aug 6, 2012

Few recent studies of commercialized sex have been character profiles, so Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas's documentary is an unusual and welcome polemic.

By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Aug 7, 2012

Truthfully, watching septuagenarian whores spank mildly titillated johns and test-drive sex toys has never seemed so ho-hum - or so oddly familiar.

By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Dec 14, 2012

Despite the occasional stumble, the doc never falls, thanks to the sheer strength of its subjects' undaunted and indomitable character.

By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Aug 8, 2012

Ultimately, Meet The Fokkens isn't a documentary about elderly hookers; it's about two women forced into a hard life by circumstance, who tried to make the best of their situation, and are trying still.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Aug 8, 2012

Warm-hearted and entertaining, if more sad than its quirky premise suggests.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Aug 9, 2012

What we really want is to get to know them. Instead, the film too-aptly reflects life in their line of work: brief interludes rather than intimate soul-baring. That's a shame, since there can't be that many 70-year-old identical twin prostitutes with a 50-year history in the business.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 7, 2012

Why the sisters felt that prostitution was their best alternative remains unclear, either because they aren't interested in revealing that part of themselves, or the filmmakers didn't know how to get them to talk. Or maybe Ms. Provaas and Mr. Schroder weren't interested, for political or personal reasons, in making what, despite the laughter, they ended up with: another sad story about whores.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Submarine, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), CoBo Fonds, Nederlands Filmfonds, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)

Release Date Aug 10, 2012

Duration 1 h 20 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website http://www.meetthefokkens.com/

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Awards

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Prix Europa

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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