Stricken

Stricken

Would you cheat on your partner when they needed you most?

Directed by Reinout Oerlemans

Produced by Inspire Pictures, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

2009105 min5.9 / 10

A dark, intimate drama about infidelity and moral failure tested by terminal illness, exploring whether love can survive betrayal in the face of mortality.

Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked

Questions people ask

  • Is Stricken sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Stricken violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Stricken end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Stricken scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Stricken easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise22

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Like Stricken, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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