Released Date:
2005-02-02
Languages:
Dutch
Countries:
Netherlands, Germany, UK
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (440 Reviews)
Director:
Willem van de Sande BakhuyzenGenres:
DramaYears ago, Lepel's parents left an hot air balloon world tour. He stays with granny Koppenol, a mean bitch who constantly exploits him for domestic chores, in her buttons shop and even as accomplice in the department store where she steals the buttons from clothes. After she won't even leave him the balloon kind salesman Max gave him, Lepel, now 9, runs away. He meets Max's slightly older daughter Pleun. Schoolmaster Bijts is also looking for him, but only as arithmetics talent for an academic schools contest. Max accidentally finds out the sad truth about Lepel's family.
Released Date:
2006-03-09
Languages:
English, Dutch
Countries:
Netherlands
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1002 Reviews)
Director:
Willem van de Sande BakhuyzenRonald Giphart (novel)
Ruud Schuurman (screenplay)
Edward Stelder (screenplay)
Rising, rather autobiographical novelist Giph has a hot girlfriend, doctor and model Samarinde. His crude, domineering and progressive mother Ria's suffering an incurable decease in which she suffers from paraplegia. Her inevitably ensuing death is brought forward with euthanasia. Giph is struggling to handle the situation with his mother. Shortly after his mother has passed he away, he decides to join his fun loving friends on La Palma for a holiday. There Samarinde tells her boyfriend she's expecting his baby.
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