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Title: Bella Bettien (2002)
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Bettien
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Monique
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Dimme Treurniet | ... |
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Petra Laseur | ... |
Moeder
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Paul
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Alberto Morientes
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Frans van Rijn
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John
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Bouke Jagt | ... |
Bob
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Dragan Bakema | ... |
Slobodan
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Rico Morales
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Kevork Malikyan | ... |
Demetrio Altafini
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Manuel Santos | ... |
Bodyguard Altafini
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The gripping story of the Dutch Bettien Martens, based on true facts. After making an incredible career in the international narcotics world during 1984-1992, Bettien was arrested at Piazza Navona in Rome as one of the targets of the International Police Operation "Green Ice". Bettien decided to cooperate with the police and because of her testimonies, many precious arrests were made. As of then, Bettien became a "Pentita" and now is a guest of the "Witness Protection Program". Written by Anonymous
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NetherlandsRelease Date:
17 April 2002 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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Rico Morales: There's no such thing as coincidence. Everything is meant to be. One thing leads to another. Always...See more »
This (TV) film was made in a series of Dutch TV films. I wonder how the network producing this movie (AVRO) managed to produce something this awful when they produced a magnificent TV film in the same series (Cloaca, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375662/).
This movie suffers from some real Dutch movie diseases: massive and annoying overacting, unbelievable and contrived characters, well-known Dutch actors trying to portray foreigners (who, as a result, speak with a terrible Dutch accent, making it even less believable), and a thoroughly wooden screenplay (especially the portrayal of violence, including someone getting shot in the head without spilling an ounce of brain or blood, even managing to put a newspaper over his head after being shot - maybe they forgot to bring the stage blood?).
At a time when Dutch movies are climbing out of the amateurish pit they were in for a long time, this movie is a giant setback. The only positive side to it is that this is merely a TV film, not a major movie destined for international rotation or (God forbid) a serious film festival.
Obviously, that's a negative side-effect for Cloaca, which is real motion picture material and could use a wider audience.
Anyway, if you're unfortunate enough to run into La Bella Bettien, just gaze at Thekla Reuten's lips and eyes and forget she was ever in a movie this horrible.
I might have given this a 3, but since the movie is actually based on true events, the additional talent needed to turn a true story into an unbelievable movie means the score drops down to 2.