Meet the Fokkens

Name: Meet the Fokkens
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: August 10, 2012
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 68

2012

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: August 10, 2012 | Not Rated

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 grind,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.(Kino Lorber)… Expand

Director: Gabrielle Provaas and Rob Schröder

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Joseph Jon Lanthier

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. Read full review

Eric Hynes

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. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Aug 8, 2012

Rob Schroder and Gabrielle Provaas' raunchy, hilariously uninhibited documentary should wow arthouse audiences. Read full review

Noel Murray

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. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 8, 2012

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

Chris Packham

Aug 7, 2012

Directors Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas capture some un-pretty details of spankings, HJs, and dominance scenarios, but 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. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

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. Read full review

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