1 Movie Starring Katja Schuurman

Oysters at Nam Kee's

Oysters at Nam Kee's

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-05

Languages:

Dutch, English, French

Countries:

Netherlands, Germany

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (1191 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Hans de Wolf

Kees van Beijnum (novel)

Fullplot:

Berry is a nice teenage boy from a Dutch suburban villa family, who alas abuses the excessive liberty granted by his mostly absent pa, an actor, committing truancy from his elite school in bad down-town company. Despite this dwindling future perspectives, his cute and cocky appearance makes him quite a lady-killer; Berry counts himself quite lucky to become the instantly intimate boyfriend of crazy Thera, a junkie who stopped modeling professionally or anything else productive. The pair engages in a passionate affair, and impulsively decides to embark on a 'world tour' to their arbitrary favorite destinations -Barcelona, Denver and Tonga- which they finance by cashing rent and warrants from many interested persons for the fine residence of an old lady Thera was in fact just house-sitting. After Berry says goodbye indefinitely to his well-groomed and -behaved elder brother Rein while showering together, the 'elopers' start spending the ill-gotten funds like water in a luxury hotel, but even there the flimsy foundation of their purposeless relationship starts crumbling, as does drug-addicted Thera's health...

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