'NR. 10' Trailer: Alex van Warmerdam, The Director Of 'Borgman' Returns With A Mysterious New Nightmare About The Past [Exclusive]

The trailer for Alex van Warmerdam’s’ “Nr. 10” opens by creating an unsettling element of doom with just a simple handshake. With that, the viewer is already engrossed in suspense and curiosity. van Warmerdam’s’ ability to blend genres and create suspense and tension in the ordinarily mundane is a talent that audiences have come to love. 

van Warmerdam might not be a household name, but he is one of the Netherlands’ premiere filmmakers with over a dozen credits to his name. The filmmaker really gained critical international success with his 2013 film “Borgman,” which was nominated for the Palme d’Or’ at the Cannes Film Festival that year. His latest, the mysterious “Nr. 10,” follows the lead of “Borgman” by exploring how good and evil can present in ordinary daily life while also leaning into the strict Dutch Protestant lifestyle that the writer-director knows so well. 

READ MORE: ‘Borgman’ Delivers A Deliciously Dark, Twisted Cannes Competition Treat [Cannes Review]

Having had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2021, where it was nominated for the Narcisse Award, Drafthouse Films will be releasing “Nr. 10” in theaters on December 2, 2022, in New York City, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Denver, and Raleigh with sneak previews in select Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide November 28. The digital release will follow the next Friday, December 9, 2022. 

You can find advance screening information and purchase tickets on the Alamo Drafthouse website starting this Friday, November 4, 2022. As well you can check out the trailer and the poster below. 

“Nr. 10” stars Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Pierre Bokma, Hans Kesting, Anniek Pheifer and Jan Bijvoet.

Although van Warmerdam has stated that the film is best viewed by going in with as little information as possible, here is the official synopsis:

Günter was raised by foster parents after being found abandoned in the woods with no memory as a child. Years later, when a man approaches him on the street and whispers a strange word in his ear, he begins to experience visions from his fractured past that reveal a dark secret, threatening what he thinks he knows about his life and the very nature of his existence.

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