For the Girls (Voor de Meisjes) unfolds as a darkly comical drama about friendship, morality, and human shortcomings. When their best friends’ teenage daughter ends up in a coma after an accident, tensions between two couples who are friends quickly rise.

Director Mike van Diem (Karakter, De Surprise) masterfully balances seriousness and lightheartedness, revealing his characters’ misery with sardonic pleasure. In intimate scenes, from the vacation home to the hospital, all the pent-up tension of years of friendship simmers on the surface, while relationships gradually shatter.

The Dutch top ensemble—Thekla Reuten, Fedja van Huêt, Noortje Herlaar, and Valentijn Dhaenens—transforms these characters into extremely human beings. Their masterful acting shows how big arguments and small gestures together form a deep, relatable tragedy. Voor de meisjes is a sharp, moving film that lingers long after viewing.