# Stricken (2009)

> A reckless Dutch advertising executive’s marriage is tested beyond endurance when his wife develops breast cancer.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/22868

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Reinout Oerlemans
- Cast: Barry Atsma, Carice van Houten, Anna Drijver, Jeroen Willems, Sacha Bulthuis, Pierre Bokma, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Walid Benmbarek
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365474/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: melancholic, intimate, harrowing, quiet evening, tearjerker night

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