In 19th century Amsterdam, a young woman begins work as a prostitute in order to survive and ascend the social ladder.
Katie's Passion is quite notable for being an early Paul Verhoeven film. At first it seems like an odd choice for him seeing as it is a period film with a social message. But as it transpires it is also quite healthily loaded with nudity and sleaze too, so it ties in a bit more with Verhoeven's more typical stuff. It also features an appearance from Rutger Hauer, although in the version I saw he was dubbed with an upper class English accent which was somewhat jarring. The film itself is interesting enough to an extent in that it gives an insight into the hardships migrants from the country experienced in urban areas in the Netherlands at that time. But in the main, this is a fairly minor effort and aside from a few notable aspects it's not all that memorable.
Katie's Passion is quite notable for being an early Paul Verhoeven film. At first it seems like an odd choice for him seeing as it is a period film with a social message. But as it transpires it is also quite healthily loaded with nudity and sleaze too, so it ties in a bit more with Verhoeven's more typical stuff. It also features an appearance from Rutger Hauer, although in the version I saw he was dubbed with an upper class English accent which was somewhat jarring. The film itself is interesting enough to an extent in that it gives an insight into the hardships migrants from the country experienced in urban areas in the Netherlands at that time. But in the main, this is a fairly minor effort and aside from a few notable aspects it's not all that memorable.