Love Life (2009)

A serial adulterer faces his demons when his loving wife falls severely ill.

Director:

Reinout Oerlemans

Writers:

Mischa Alexander (additional material), Gert Embrechts (screenplay)

Stars:

Carice van Houten, Barry Atsma, Anna Drijver

8 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Carice van Houten	...	Carmen
Barry Atsma	...	Stijn
Anna Drijver	...	Roos
Jeroen Willems	...	Frenk
Sacha Bulthuis	...	Dokter Scheltema
Pierre Bokma	...	Huisarts
Gijs Scholten van Aschat	...	Doktor Jonkman
Dirk Zeelenberg	...	Makelaar
David Lucieer	...	Doktersassistent
Eva Smid	...	Maud
Anne Marie Michels	...	Esther
Beppie Melissen	...	Moeder Carmen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walid Benmbarek	...	Ramon
Steef Cuijpers	...	Taxichauffeur
Wendell Jaspers	...	Anne

Storyline

Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked.

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Plot Keywords:

advertising | cancer | nudity | vomiting | therapy | 

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Taglines:

An ode to love.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

26 November 2009 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

A Woman Goes to the Doctor: An Ode to Love

Filming Locations:

Kasteel De Haar, Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€3,675,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€1,295,552 (Netherlands), 29 November 2009, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story as adapted from the novel by Kluun is partially autobiographical. In fact, some family members of Kluun's deceased wife (played by Carice van Houten in the movie) are present in the wedding celebration scene.

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Connections

Referenced in De wereld draait door: Episode #4.154 (2009)

User Reviews

extreme Crap !!

Yak! This is the awful product of a talentless guy who is very successful here in the Netherlands..successful as in:'making millions of money with utterly talentless and silly crappy productions that are so well received by the Dutch , very receivable to manipulation, Dutch audiences.... Time after time i am wondering how is it possible that actors who are considered serious here in the lowlands lend themselves to appear in the crappy nonsense that is being made here and presented as blockbusters. This film holds nothing!!! no good acting ,not a bearable script , no moving story , no (real) drama...and before everything else no originality...but that's something that állas , hardly any Dutch mainstream movie can be accused of. (why in Godsname draw Gijs Scholten van Achgat and Pierre Bokma out of the cupboard to appear as doctors, and Why in Gods name do they accept this meager contributions to this nausea-creating work of utterly non interesting bad in every-way 'film '? shame on them !

This 'film'was horror ! made by an utterly talentless 'film'maker.

ps.why waste a crappy load of money in some vague scenes at the most cliché-Holiday paradise on earth, Borra Borra? shame on you Reinout Oerlemans , for y'r terrible useless waste of money !!!

please keep yourself far away the world of movies as a director anyway!!! (just stick to y'r money business....please...)

am i glad i did'nt buy a theatre ticket for this...