Grunberg (Tirza) achieves a Dostoyevskian grandeur in this consummate tale of the travails of a Dutch firefighter. Geniek Janowski, nicknamed “the Polack” because of his name though he was born in the Netherlands, lives in the unglamorous city of Heerle. Tall, taciturn, and stoic, Geniek is a kind of holy fool figure who commands mockery and respect in equal measure from fellow firefighters and his family members.

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