{"id":6299,"date":"2025-06-25T06:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2025-06-25T06:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:29:07","slug":"a-kind-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/a-kind-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kind of Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018A Kind of Madness\u2019 official trailer\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0jCjQyZzWNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A 70-year-old man abducts his wife from her retirement home and goes on the run from their adult children.<\/p>\n<p>Christiaan Olwagen\u2019s <em>A Kind of Madness <\/em>is praised as a tender, emotionally resonant exploration of love, identity, and the fragility of memory in later life, striking a delicate balance between touching sentimentality and sober realism. <\/p>\n<p>The movie, filmed entirely in South Africa, is lauded for its understated yet powerful direction, its evocative atmosphere, and sensitive portrayals that linger long after the credits roll, offering a poignant reflection on the endurance of the heart when words and recollections begin to fade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christiaan Olwagen crafts a moving cinematic experience through nuanced performances, restrained storytelling, and a rich, humanistic gaze that invites reflection long after you leave the theater. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just a film\u2014it\u2019s an emotional imprint that reminds us of the beauty and tragedy of simply being alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Drama<br \/>\nSouth Africa (English)<br \/>\n1h 39min<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madness2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 70-year-old man abducts his wife from her retirement home and goes on the run from their adult children. Christiaan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/madness2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6302,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions\/6302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theflicks.ramonstoppelenburg.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}