Like Tears in Rain (2025)

"A Fitting Tribute to a Fine Actor"

Sanna Fabery de Jonge's new documentary about her godfather Rutger Hauer is getting a digital release on Viaplay exclusively through Amazon Prime Video.

Throughout his adult life Rutger Hauer was obsessed with recording on film  everything that was happening around him, including behind the scenes on his motion picture projects. He kept all the tapes in a storage facility, where they were destroyed in a flood. However, after his death in 2019, a further box of long-unseen material was discovered at his home. de Jonge has combined this with interviews with some of the people Hauer worked with including directors Paul Verhoeven, Robert Rodriguez and Jason Eisener and actors Vincent d'Onofrio, Mickey Rourke, Whoopi Goldberg and Miranda Richardson to produce this tribute to Hauer the man. 

As such, it does its job very well indeed. In 80 minutes LIKE TEARS IN RAIN gives you a very rounded portrayal of Rutger Hauer, detailing his early life and career and going on to talk about his move to Hollywood. Don't expect detailed behind the scenes gossip of films like BLADE RUNNER or LADYHAWKE because that's not the point of this, although they are mentioned (you have to wait to the end for most of the talk about his role of Roy Batty in BLADE RUNNER which is fair enough). It is, however, a delight to see people like Paul Verhoeven talking at length about him with such affection, and you come away thinking Rutger Hauer might have been a very nice chap to know. Provided he liked you, that is. Here's the trailer:

LIKE TEARS IN RAIN is getting a digital release on Viaplay exclusively through Amazon Prime Video on Monday 10th March 2025