Review of Wij

Wij (2018)
7/10
The decay of morality
11 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
An explicit film that tells the same story from the perspective of different characters. The story of 8 teenagers somewhere in the countryside trying to get through two months of summer vacation. Simon starts out shy and innocent but as the film progresses the narrators get rougher and rawer and the film evolves along with it. The viewer is plagued with curiosity as more details are revealed along the way leading to the climax of a deadly prank and ensuing court case.

At the same time, the film reminds the viewer what it is like to grow up as a teenager in the society of the past and the same viewer is eerily accurately confronted with the fact that today's society is still the same.

It shows the daily struggles of teenagers hiding from their parents' sight and trying to find their own way. You are taken into the typical teenage behavior of swagger to cover up insecurities and what it's like to deal with the consequences of peer pressure. In this group resulting in the lack and blurring of norms and morals as they discover the power of their and each other's bodies and sexuality. The feeling of that power, the money it brings and the idea of being untouchable removes their boundaries and transcends violence and death.

If anyone wonders how and why young people go off the rails, watch this and you'll get the idea, although the movie won't answer the question.
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