“The Principal Wife” is an impressive and moving demonstration of how to trace one’s family history even if no one is willing to talk about it. At its centre is the 38-year-old painter Marijke van der Meulen, whose mother Aagje left her and the family to join a Christian sect when her daughter was eight. Aagje became the wife of the sect leader, who manipulated his followers an...$导演的母亲在自己年幼时因迷信某教会而弃家,数年之后因为虐待儿童入狱。题材本身话题性十足,可相较于年初题材惊人相似的德国纪录片《你能用一生去做的最好的事》,本片的素材实在是太少了。