'Zondvloed (Flood)' — MiamisFF Review: Between a Flood and a Hard Place
While prioritizing production value over substance, Flood depicts an emotionally taut family drama set during the farmland flooding of the Franco-Dutch war.

The first film in the fairy tale trilogy "Magical Stories." Dr. Golf is a kind wizard. He lives in his underground laboratory, constantly working on amazing elixir formulas and wanting to make the whole world kinder and better. Dr. Golf loves to tell magical stories, which he has been collecting from around the world for centuries and recording in his magic book. "The Elixir of Goodness" is a magical story told by Dr. Golf about a young, capricious ruler named Unur, who spends all his time in his entertainment room behind a monitor screen, surrounded by biorobots. Unur plays, has fun, and even conducts state affairs with a simple press of colorful buttons.
While prioritizing production value over substance, Flood depicts an emotionally taut family drama set during the farmland flooding of the Franco-Dutch war.
The film is a simple love story reminiscent of stories like The Notebook released in 2004. Sylvie and Robert are rarely actually together in the film, however; time and circumstance keep them away from each other, and the audience waits with bated breath to see them find one another over and over.
The sequel to the 2021 remake of the same name continues from where we last left off in this spooky adventure.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
I think these messages and the way they are presented in this small-town in Texas are increasingly more important as the internet/ social media becomes more and more critical and judgemental every day. Love yourself today and every day because as Ru Paul always says: “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love someone else?”
Those perfect Summer or Fall days. The sun is shining, the temperature is JUST right, and you've got nothing else to do. Therefore, isn't it time to get outside and take a nice stroll through the park, or along the shoreline (should you be that fortunate), or even just around the neighborhood? Sure. BUT.....if one lives in the America found in the newest film adaptation of the work from horror author/cultural icon Stephen King.....doing this SHOULD be the LAST thing you hope to find yourself engaged with.