In Oranje (2004)

An 11 year old talented soccerplayer, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national team under 12 years. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until... See full summary »

Director:

Joram Lürsen

Writer:

Frank Ketelaar

Stars:

Yannick van de Velde, Thomas Acda, Wendy van Dijk

11 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yannick van de Velde	...	Remco van Leeuwen
Thomas Acda	...	Erik van Leeuwen
Wendy van Dijk	...	Sylvia van Leeuwen
Peter Blok	...	Arend te Pas
Dionicho Muskiet	...	Winston Mijnals
Maaike Polder	...	Anneke
Sterre Herstel	...	Suzan van Leeuwen
Porgy Franssen	...	Dokter Vlieberg
Ton Kas	...	Politieagent Willems
Bas Keijzer	...	Schoolmeester
Pim Muda	...	Rechercheur
René Lobo	...	Orthopeed
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Comvalius	...	Oma Winston
Pepijn Gunneweg	...	Groenteman
Dennis Rudge	...	Vader Winston

Storyline

An 11 year old talented soccerplayer, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national team under 12 years. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until Erik suddenly dies. Remco and mother Sylvia are shocked. Remco keeps working to fulfil his dream, being helped by his friends Anne and Winston.

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Plot Keywords:

soccer | ankle | coach | school | puppy love | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Music | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

28 April 2004 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Fotbollsfeber

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Motel Films, Fu Works, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Buitenspel (2005)

User Reviews

Pretty good family movie

This movie is better than one would suspect. After spotting the movie poster I thought this would be one of those happy-family-show at Christmas-movies. But, there's more than the obvious in this movie. After the big turn, the death of Remco's father, the life of the boy changes dramatically. The evolution of the kid is filmed very well.

However, Jean vd Velde didn't forget the (mid-aged)kids. So, this movie contains enough for them to be entertained, creating a nice mix of football(soccer)action combined with psychology.

After all, a very entertaining movie. Not a masterpiece, but very good. Especially considering the Dutch movie budgets, which of course are not to be compared with the Hollywood budgets.