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Overview

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7.2/10   1,261 votes
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Director:
Pieter Kuijpers
Writers:
Pieter Kuijpers (written by)
Paul Jan Nelissen (written by)
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Release Date:
31 January 2008 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Not everything is love
Plot:
Johan, convicted for killing his own father and sister, escapes from a TBS clinic (a criminal hospital in the Netherlands) and tracks down his mother in order to prove his innocence. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Down to earth and touching at the same time more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Theo Maassen ... Johan

Lisa Smit ... Tessa
Bob Schwarze ... Joska
Ria Marks ... Therapeute 1
Karst Woudstra ... Psychiater

Flip Filz ... Advocaat Johan
Romana Vrede ... Begeleidster kliniek
Martijn de Rijk ... Bewaarder kliniek
Menno Van Beekum ... Rechter
Roos Ouwehand ... Therapeute 2
Kevin Llewellyn ... Patiënt 1
Bing Wiersma ... Patiënt 2
Peter van Bokhorst ... Autoverkoper
Yale Sackman ... Vriendin Tessa
Pim Lambeau ... Oma
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Niets te verliezen (Netherlands: Dutch title) (working title)
Nothing to Lose (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Netherlands:88 min
Country:
Netherlands
Language:
Dutch
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Netherlands:16
Filming Locations:
Belgium more
Company:
BNN TV more

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Goofs:
Factual errors: In the beginning of the movie, the Court decides that Johan has to go to the longstay-setting. In reality, it is not the court that takes that decision. It is the Minister of Justice (Minister van Justitie). more
Movie Connections:
References Bonnie and Clyde (1967) more

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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
Down to earth and touching at the same time, 3 February 2008
9/10
Author: baswijers from Netherlands

This film premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. It's about a criminal who's under a special type of therapy, TBS. He manages to escape. The TBS method is very controversial and is often criticized in the Netherlands for the amount of escaped criminals lately. Director Pieter Kuijpers achieves to create an interesting mood, blending fear, violence, feelings of safety and dreamy thoughts in one paranoia mixture. This atmosphere is really powerful and easily keeps this movie interesting along the way. I'm not sure about the performance of Theo Maassen (he's a dutch comedian, couldn't really get that thought out of my head) but he's not a miscast. Lisa Smit surely fulfills her roll decently. The script is excellent and suspense is present at almost every moment. It's really powerful. I found the use of sound impressive, it's pretty special and powerful.

Overall it's just a great movie. It's still lingers in my mind a bit. I would recommended this film to everyone.

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