Alle tijd (2011)

When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the ... See full summary »

Director:

Job Gosschalk

Writer:

Job Gosschalk

Stars:

Paul de Leeuw, Karina Smulders, Lineke Rijxman

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Paul de Leeuw	...	Maarten
Karina Smulders	...	Molly
Lineke Rijxman	...	Reina
Teun Luijkx	...	Teun
Alwin Pulinckx	...	Arthur
Christopher Parren	...	Melvin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joris Albers	...	Vriend Arthur
Huub Blankenberg	...	Oncoloog
Guy Clemens	...	Ober
Jelle de Jong	...	Vriend Teun
Roderick de Leeuw	...	Vriend Teun
Judy Doorman	...	Assistent dierenarts
Randy Fokke	...	Vriendin Molly
Marthe Geke Bracht	...	Verkoopster IJssalon
Floris Haverkate	...	Marktkoop man / muzikant

Storyline

When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the possibility to explore his love for Arthur, a closet gay. Molly and Maarten wrestle with their personal relationships and also their relationship with one another, but fate nevertheless seems determined to strike them both down.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | bicycle | gay kiss | orchestra | beach | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl]

Country:

Netherlands Belgium

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

14 April 2011 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Always

Filming Locations:

's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

NL Film, Kemna & Zonen, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Arthur and Maarten argue about their relationship in front of The Hague HS station it is raining cats and dogs but in the background the bright sunshine and people in light summer wear are clearly visible.

User Reviews

A melodrama that doesn't know when to stop or what to develop and focus properly on.

This at first sight already obviously is one big melodramatic movie but that doesn't always necessarily has to be a bad thing of course. There are still good melodrama's that work with all of their characters, emotions and dramatic developments but I'm afraid that this movie just isn't one of them.

Before a conflict gets properly developed it gets resolved again already and a new problem for the characters arises, almost immediately after that. You also have to realize that this all happens in the time span of about 90 minutes. Far too short for all of the themes and problems that this movie wants to handle. It especially all starts to become too much in its last half hour. Because of this, all of the emotions and drama fall kind of flat. Not just within its final 30 minutes, in which everything gets wrapped up too fast and desperately but also, to some less extend, within the rest of the movie.

A real shame, since the movie starts off promising enough. It looks like s skilfully made movie and also the actors give us all that they got. This movie is some real wasted potential in that regard, that never reaches the level that it was all too obviously aiming for. It was an ambitious project but in its attempts to reach its goals and the level it was aiming for it totally looses its focus. It tries to do and achieve far too much, as if the film-makers were afraid to cut some of the movie or leave some stuff out of the script. You could perhaps 'blame' it on the inexperienced director and writer Job Gosschalk, who had never directed or wrote a movie before this one. He is a good visual and actor's director but he still needs to learn how to effectively tell a story and how to make it all work out within a movie.

I surprisingly enough still really liked the acting and even though the characters don't really work out on an emotional level, they still remain good characters that are also likable ones, that carry the movie. Fore the movie is one that heavily relies on all of its characters and is also filled with lots of dialog and interaction between all of the characters. Yes, even Paul de Leeuw is totally convincing in a non-comedy related role for a change.

Some wasted potential.

5/10

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