Schitterend

Schitterend (2024) is a Dutch comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Six women, six different ages, from twenty-somethings to well past sixty. Each of them has her own quarrel with the mirror.

The film weaves their stories into a single picture about what it feels like to live in your own body when the world never stops listing what you're supposed to be. One battles wrinkles and the bathroom scale, another slowly relearns how to call herself beautiful, a third finally dares to say out loud what she actually wants. No lectures, no glossy polish — just six honest takes on age, looks and the right to be yourself.

The ensemble features Holly Mae Brood, Annet Malherbe, Lies Visschedijk and Hanna Hoekstra, directed by Maurice Trouwborst. It's a warm, occasionally prickly film for anyone tired of imposed standards who wants to recognize a bit of themselves on screen. Stream Schitterend (2024) online on iFILM.