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Meet the Fokkens
Directed by
Rob Schröder
,
Gabrielle Provaas
Not Rated
2011
80m
Documentary
,
Biography
6.6
94%
67%
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A documentary on Louise and Martine Fokkens, 69-year-old twin sisters who have worked as prostitutes in the red-light district in Amsterdam for over 40 years.
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Where to Watch Meet the Fokkens
Kanopy
Free
Cast of Meet the Fokkens
Louise Fokkens
Herself
Martine Fokkens
Herself
Rob Schröder
Director / Writer
Gabrielle Provaas
Director / Writer
Bruno Felix
Producer
Femke Wolting
Producer
Meet the Fokkens Ratings & Reviews
The L Magazine
Ela Bittencourt
A prostitute's sexual freedom is a fiction; though this isn't news, the film confronts the issue with rawness and panache.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Even if this film were not cordially made, which it is, it would have a considerable jump-start.
Paste Magazine
Emily Kirkpatrick
Despite the pleasure of spending a little over an hour with these two warm, loving women, Meet the Fokkens often falters as a film.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Amusing and even liberating to watch, but lacks sufficient insight and revelations. How often do you get to see a doc about elderly prostitutes?
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
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.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The filmmakers follow the sisters around town, creating a delightful portrait of good-natured extroverts.
NPR
Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
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.
AV Club
Noel Murray
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.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
"Meet the Fokkens" holds your interest, mostly because the sisters (who turned 70 in May) are good company, no matter who they are.
Village Voice
Chris Packham
The film is about two old ladies, still cackling despite the sadness that trailed in the wake of the lives into which they were forced.
Film Journal International
Marsha McCreadie
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.
Slant Magazine
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Few recent studies of commercialized sex have been character profiles, so Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas's doc is an unusual and welcome polemic.
NewsBlaze
Prairie Miller
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.
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