Floris (2004)

Floris van Rozemond Junior, son and heir of a long line of knights of that name, refuses to go in the military 'family business' and becomes an actor, a profession scorned by his homonymous... See full summary »

Director:

Jean van de Velde

Writer:

Gerard Soeteman

Stars:

Michiel Huisman, Victor Löw, Daan Schuurmans

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michiel Huisman	...	Floris
Victor Löw	...	Floris sr.
Daan Schuurmans	...	Van Rossum jr.
Linda van Dyck	...	Hertogin van Gelre
Bastiaan Ragas	...	Blanchefleur / Marilyn Monroe
Loes Wouterson	...	Jacoba
Henk Poort	...	Sergeant sr.
Kees Boot	...	Sergeant jr.
Tom Jansen	...	Grote Pier
Bob van Tol	...	Van Rossum sr.
Yannick van de Velde	...	Hertog van Bourgondië
Didier Chabi	...	Black Pirate
Dimme Treurniet	...	Grote Piraat
Harrie Wiessenhaan	...	Piraat Julio
Pieter Tiddens	...	Kaasboer

Storyline

Floris van Rozemond Junior, son and heir of a long line of knights of that name, refuses to go in the military 'family business' and becomes an actor, a profession scorned by his homonymous father, the general of the under-age duke of Burgundy. The duke chose this year to pay for his people to have bread and butter, rather then canons for the army, but relies for Floris senior's defense force on a novelty Holy relic from the East, a nail from the Holy Cross, supposedly rendering invulnerable, smuggled to his court in an inconspicuous place- a horse's arse, yet the men of his rival, the duchess of Gelre, think they got it from the stripped body of the courier. Now Floris Sr. is charged with transporting it, but hides it in cheeses, which get sold to the duchess and distributed to her men in Christmas bonus packets. The Gelre side decides to kidnap Floris Jr. and exchange him for the relic, but a Chinese, Pi, helps him escape; when Floris Senior won't even hear their plan, they start ...

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Plot Keywords:

based on tv series | one word title | middle ages | character name in title

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Genres:

Family | Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

16 December 2004 (Netherlands)

Filming Locations:

Castle Doornenburg, Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV B.V.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Still keen to feature the original Floris in this remake/spoof/sequel, the story was changed so that Michiel Huisman's Floris is now Rutger Hauer's grandson, enabling them to show Hauer in flashback footage from the original series.

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Connections

References Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990)

User Reviews

Movie or a bad play?

About Floris I draw a comparison with The Pirates of the Caribean which I personally found a very bad movie with Johnny Depp (and he is not a bad actor at all) as a drug addict queer Pirate. Floris is technically not bad at all and so was The Pirots. So I don't think this is the worst movie of Jean van de Velde (director). Slowly dutch directors climb to a level of British and American filmmakers. Nice special effects and perfect light and a good cast. That characters like Floris Sr (Rob Lowe) are flat and clumsy is understandable. Because again the bad script(s) (p.e.: the Beach with Leo diC; bad script and also bad book) gets me on my nerves. And the following explanation is only understanding by Dutch people but the script has a high 'Bassie en Adriaan' value. Al those proverbs, stupid jokes refer to the modern times, or in the break of a play advertising for soap to clean clothes, no, no, no not funny. It makes it ridiculous and childish. A big chapeau for Pi (Birgit Schuurman) who has never acted. And Floris jr. (Michiel Huisman) has the same charisma as the old Floris (Rutger Houwer) at that time. You can not use modern music in a movie about the Middle Ages it's horrible and makes it unreal. Once in a while I recognized the old Floris music which made the old Floris movie just more exciting and could be better used in certain scenery's. And when there ever will be a continuing story of "Floris in China" please may I read the script first?