A father's calm announcement that he considers his life finished sets Pink Moon in motion, a 2022 Dutch drama-comedy about a family forced to reckon with a decision none of them chose.
What is Pink Moon about?
When an elderly man tells his daughter, out of nowhere, that he feels his life is complete and plans to end it before his next birthday, she is left scrambling to process something he has already made peace with. Director Floor van der Meulen builds the film around that gap between his certainty and her disbelief, letting the story move through denial, argument, and eventually something closer to understanding without ever losing its wry sense of humor. The approaching birthday becomes a kind of countdown that reshapes how the family spends the time it has left together, forcing conversations that had been avoided for years. Julia Akkermans plays the daughter caught between love and helplessness, while Johan Leysen plays the father with a stillness that makes his choice harder to simply dismiss. The film treats a difficult subject with tenderness rather than melodrama, finding humor in the family's smaller frictions even as the larger question hangs over every scene.
About the cast
Julia Akkermans and Johan Leysen anchor the film as daughter and father, with Eelco Smits, Anniek Pheifer, Sinem Kavus, Mariana Aparicio Torres, Glenn Coenen, and Ruben de Goede filling out the extended family and circle around them.
Context & significance
Pink Moon is a Dutch production running 95 minutes, blending drama and comedy in a way that avoids sentimentality while staying focused on one family's reckoning with mortality. Floor van der Meulen directs, keeping the tone light-footed even as the subject matter stays serious throughout.
Watching Pink Moon on Ktime
Pink Moon is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a choice in how they experience the film. A free K-Time account login is needed to watch, though the film's page can be read without one. K-Time builds its catalog and interface around the Iranian diaspora, making international dramas like this one accessible in Farsi without needing to search elsewhere.