Missing Link (1999)

Director:

Ger Poppelaars

Writers:

Timo Veltkamp (story), Timo Veltkamp,

Stars:

Nick van Buiten, Tamar van den Dop, Johan Leysen

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nick van Buiten	...	Rick Veenema
Tamar van den Dop	...	Lydia Veenema
Johan Leysen	...	Ed Oudeweetering
Thomas Acda	...	Jef
Viviane de Muynck	...	Aunt wally
Lotte van der Laan	...	Stella Allufs
Han Kerkhoffs	...	Sietse Allufs (as Han Kerckhoffs)
Wimie Wilhelm	...	Riet Allufs
Lottie Hellingman	...	Susanne
Sanne van Kampen	...	Debbie
Tommy Meijdam	...	Walter
Floris Drost	...	Joost
Joke Tjalsma	...	Toos Verheyen
Titus Muizelaar	...	Teacher
Annelies van der Bie	...	Member Seance

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

expedition | missing father | fantasy sequence | anthropologist | congo | 

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Genres:

Family | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Netherlands Belgium

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

22 April 1999 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

De ontbrekende schakel

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Barend en Van Dorp: Episode dated 15 April 1999 (1999)

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Summary

MISSING LINK is the story of a dreamy eleven-year-old boy named Rick, who lives with his mother Lydia in a small town in the Netherlands. Rick never knew his father, an RAF pilot - he was shot down in the war when Rick was an infant. It is now 1955. At school, Rick sees a film about the Congo and comes under the spell of Darkest Africa. He reads in a newspaper that an expedition led by Professor Oudewetering will set out from Brussels to the Congo in search of the "Missing Link." Rick is convinced that the expedition is searching in the wrong place and runs away from home to visit the professor in person. During the chaotic journey, he reads his mother's old diary. What Rick finds in his mother's memoirs causes his world to collapse and forces Rick to take a big step towards growing up...