De Beentjes van Sint Hildegard (2020)

A middle-aged veterinary surgeon believes his wife pampers him too much. In order to get away from her, he fakes the onset of dementia.

Director:

Johan Nijenhuis

Writer:

Herman Finkers

Stars:

Herman Finkers, Johanna ter Steege, Leonie ter Braak

Cast

Credited cast:
Herman Finkers	...	Jan
Johanna ter Steege	...	Gedda
Leonie ter Braak	...	Liesbeth
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stef Assen	...	Peter
Annie Beumers	...	Oma Sinie
Jos Brummelhuis	...	Bert Dammink
Reinier Bulder	...	Antoon
Daphne Bunskoek	...	Julia
Karlijn Koel	...	Agente
Karlijn Lansink	...	Neuroloog
Marieke Lustenhouwer	...	Vrouw bij lift
Jan Roerink	...	Opa Arend
Ferdi Stofmeel	...	Erik
Aniek Stokkers	...	Ilse
Belinda van der Stoep	...	Uroloog

Storyline

Jan and Gedda have been married to each other for a long time in the Beentjes of Sint-Hildegard. They have known each other for a very long time, Gedda always tries to be one step ahead of Jan. Jan longs for more freedom. When his father-in-law dies, he wants to do something about that suffocating relationship. But then the first signs of Alzheimer's begin to manifest in Jan.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

website production compagny

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

13 February 2020 (Netherlands)

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$754,066

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nijenhuis & Co

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie takes place in the East-Netherlands region of Twente, and most dialogue is spoken in the regional language, Twents. The director and principle cast all come from Twente as well.

User Reviews

Entertaining, subtle and humorous

I went to this movie not knowing anything about the plot but I am familiar with the humor of H. Finkers; a well known dutch comedian most known for his influences and connections from the eastern dutch 'Twentsch' area where he also resides. In fact this entire movie plays in that area of the Netherlands as well as Germany (but anyone from 'Twente' is pretty well known with the locations).

The plot is simple and the message subtle. I don't want to spoil it for anyone but it is mainly about relationships and what we look for in our partners and how these things can change over time. The movie explains this sometimes with humor and sometimes with emotion.

I like Finkers subtle sense of humor, he makes you listen to what is being said in order to catch the humor he's trying to express. It isn't in your face and the sketches all have to do with the message of the film; it has purpose.

Watching this as someone familiar with the culture I had some great laughs and could recognize a lot of the situations. It even made me realize that sometimes I act just as ridiculous as the actors. Summed up it made me a but more self aware.

The acting is great, the plot although sometimes slow is very entertaining. The musical score was very good as well. It is a great family film with a message, not amazing but for a dutch movie it was very good.