Amsterdam (Video 2009)

Ensemble film about a rich American couple, a Dutch asocial family, a French gay couple, a German working class family and two illegal Moroccans in Amsterdam.

Director:

Ivo van Hove

Writer:

Jeroen Planting

Stars:

Mimoun Oaïssa, Ilias Addab, Katja Herbers

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mimoun Oaïssa	...	Khaled
Ilias Addab	...	Abdul Rashid
Katja Herbers	...	Roos
Aus Greidanus Jr.	...	Sjaak
Ward Weemhoff	...	Jonny
Renée Fokker	...	Maria
Omar Metwally	...	John
Marisa Tomei	...	Donna
Steven van Watermeulen	...	Philip
Warre Borgmans	...	George
Samuel Weiss	...	Heinz
Hilde Van Mieghem	...	Lena
Marie Vinck	...	Hannah
Willem Nijholt	...	Dakloze
Hans Kesting	...	Martin

Storyline

A rich American couple, a family of Dutch criminals, a French gay couple, a working class family from Germany and an illegal Moroccan youth and his kid brother, are all in Amsterdam, each with their own story. Different reasons make their paths intertwine, leading to a dramatic climax that changes their lives for ever.

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Plot Keywords:

loss of father | money | car accident | knife | shower | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch German English French Arabic

Release Date:

9 June 2009 (Netherlands)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lagestee Film BV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Over the top

Despite a cast full of good and even brilliant actors, despite a quite original idea in the first place and despite some nice moody scenes and shoots this movie doesn't work. We won't hang to much criticism upon the fact that everybody in this film seems to be perfectly multilingual. What we criticize is the crude drawing of the characters. Nearly half of the personage seem to be neurotic. The brothers of Roos (Katja Herbers) are not only criminals, but they are distorted into the deepest of their souls. So again a film transports the lie that criminality derives from decayed minds. We quit at an early stage when it became obvious that the dramatization is totally over top, pathetic and artificial. Every good idea is drowned in theatrical staging - exaggerations which turn the plot and the characters into pulp that in the end it is nothing more than colportage.