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Jelle de Jonge | The Netherlands 2026 | 96 minutes | language: Dutch | subtitles: None
The new film by Jelle de Jonge (The Return) is about Joke, a woman who is abandoned by her husband just before he retires. A tragicomedy about starting over, reinventing yourself, and the freedom that sometimes only comes later in life.
When Joke’s husband announces just before his retirement that he wants a divorce and packs his bags, she struggles with the question of who she is besides being a wife and mother. Determined to reinvent herself, she finds a job at a trendy podcast company, where a whole new world opens up for her. When Joke unexpectedly becomes a hit on Gen-Z colleague Amber’s podcast, her newfound confidence leads her to go a bit overboard in her attempt to make up for everything she’s missed over the years.
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