De Onzichtbare Vriend (2014) Online

De Onzichtbare Vriend (2014) Online

Filmmaker and parson's son Hans Busstra hoped to make a documentary about the faithful whom are not hindered by any doubt and go on with life with Jesus at their side. He found them. Ultimately however he ended up mainly with himself in front of the lense. His film about religious doubtlessness became a film about his own deep-rooted doubt in faith. In a road trip through the Dutch Bible Belt we meet Michael who shouts out the gospel to shoppers in Rotterdam, with Johan and his son Joop who paste the whole of the Netherlands full with 'Choose for Jesus' posters, with Jozef, an orthodox recluse, but also with Klaas Hendrikse, the Netherlands' only atheist pastor. In conversation with these characters, Hans tries to find an answer to the question who God and Jesus are for him. 'Why do you actually want to believe?' asks his youngest sister who no longer believes. At his parent's kitchen table it becomes apparent that the desire to find God has everything to do with his religious ...