The Columnist (2019) on Netflix
NR20191h 26mComedyCrimeDramaThriller
Femke Boot writes an opinion column and takes constant misogynistic abuse online. Her publisher wants the book she owes, and she decides to track down the anonymous accounts hounding her.
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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.2/102,726 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Femke Boot is a newspaper columnist and author who is depressed and under pressure from her publisher to finish her book. Her social media pages fill with insults, threats and misogynistic abuse from anonymous accounts. She has a daughter, Anna. The harassment wears her down and she struggles to write. She decides to take revenge on the people who hound her online and sets out to track them down.
Cast
- Medina Schuurmanas Publisher
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Columnist (2019)
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- Director Ivo van Aart and writer Daan Windhorst came up with the Dutch title Kuthoer, a term of abuse common on social media, and added De to show the film was about a single person; they hoped it would be a wakeup call about online bullying.
