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Director:
Eddy Terstall
Writer:
Eddy Terstall (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 September 2004 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Hij verandert je leven (He will change your life)
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
7 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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User Comments:
Convincing movie with a lot of humor and emotions more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Cees Geel ... Simon Cohen
Marcel Hensema ... Camiel Vrolijk

Rifka Lodeizen ... Sharon
Nadja Hüpscher ... Joy
Eva Duijvestein ... Ellen
Daan Ekkel ... Marco
Dirk Zeelenberg ... Bram
Stijn Koomen ... Nelson

Johnny de Mol ... Floris (as Johnny de Mol jr.)
Maria Kooistra ... Gwen
Femke Lakerveld ... Adrienne
Natasja Loturco ... Astrid, Camiel's Assistant
Araba Walton ... Gisela
Medi Broekman ... Priscilla
Dennis Rudge ... Sjimmie
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
Netherlands
Language:
Dutch | English | German | Thai
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Brazil:16 | Netherlands:12
Filming Locations:
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands more
Company:
Spaghetti Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During Camiel and Bram's wedding Joy sings the song "Morgen ben ik de Bruid" with Floris (Johnny de Mol) playing the guitar. "Morgen ben ik de Bruid" was a 1965 hit for Johnny de Mol's mother Willeke Alberti. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Allemaal film: Betere tijden (#1.9)" (2007) more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Convincing movie with a lot of humor and emotions, 13 April 2005
8/10
Author: j-bouwmeester from Delft, The Netherlands

This movie is about a wide variety of emotions, topics and people. The dialogs are brilliant. Simon has a hilarious sense of humor, but his character, like the others in the movie, is still very well portrayed. All typical dutch subjects like gay-marriage, soft-drugs, euthanasia, etc., are handled in a way that it is still convincing. The last part, where euthanasia becomes the main topic, is where the movie rises above a good comedy and becomes a great comedy/drama instead. The acting in the last part is so brilliant that it almost feels like it is shot for real.

Certainly a movie to recommend, and I think that even when it is translated (with a possible loss of dialog)it is still a movie worth seeing! But see a subtitled version and not a synchronized voice-over version, for the latter will be terrible

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