The Storm

"The Storm" (De storm, 2009) is a Dutch-Belgian drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ben Sombogaart and starring Silvia Hoeks and Barry Atsma. On the night of January 31, 1953, the North Sea broke through the dykes along the Dutch coast — one of the worst natural disasters in the country's postwar history.

Single mother Julia is separated from her infant when the floodwaters hit. A young air force lieutenant pulls her out and then agrees to help search for the missing child through the drowned countryside. Sombogaart shoots the disaster at close range: no political response, no aerial overview — just one woman wading through mud-covered fields looking for a face she might recognise. Stream "The Storm" online on iFILM.