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Films from the country "pays-bas", sorted by name
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1-900 (1994)
, 1h27Directed by Theo van Gogh
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Ariane Schluter
Left Luggage (1998)
, 1h40Directed by Jeroen Krabbé
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Laura Fraser, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé, Chaim Topol, Marianne Sägebrecht, Maximilian Schell
While escaping from Nazis during World War II, a Jewish man buries two suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, an obsessive compulsion. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find what he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant hassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of their beliefs. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so Chaya stays despite the resistance of the father, who is normally an indisputable authority in the family.
A Question of Silence (1982)
, 1h32Directed by Marleen Gorris
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Nelly Frijda, Edda Barends, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema
Housewife Christine M. tries to shoplift some merchandise from a boutique in a shopping mall but is caught by the male shopkeeper. Christine and two other customers, waitress Annie and secretary Anna, beat the man to death, witnessed by a large group of other female shoppers. They are tried with murder and deny the plea of insanity that the male prosecutor and judges assume they should plead. The female criminal psychiatrist assigned to ascertain their level of sanity comes to identify with the women's situations and concludes that they are not insane but have been driven to murder by the strain of living in a patriarchy.
Abel (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy
Actors Alex van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Annet Malherbe, Olga Zuiderhoek, Loes Luca, Josse De Pauw
Abel is a 31-year-old boy who still lives at his parents home. He hasn't been out for over 10 years, much to the chagrin of his father Victor. On the other hand, he gets spoiled by his mother Duif. He spends most of his days spying on the neighbours, setting up his parents against each other and fruitlessly trying to cut flies in two with an enormous pair of scissors.
Alfie, the Little Werewolf (2011)
, 1h35Directed by Joram Lürsen
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about school violence
Actors Maas Bronkhuyzen, Kim van Kooten, Trudy Labij, Nick Geest, Barbara Pouwels, Bianca Krijgsman
Alfie, un petit garçon adopté âgé 6 ans, est solitaire et timide. Il compte pour seul compagnon Timmie, son frère adoptif. Lors de la nuit de son septième anniversaire, Alfie se change en loup-garou et craint que ses parents adoptifs le rejettent. Grâce à son pouvoir, il compte se venger de Nico, son principal bourreaux, mais aussi se renseigner sur ses vrais parents. C'est alors qu'il rencontre son grand-père qui est aussi un loup-garou.
Love Is All (2007)
, 1h50Directed by Joram Lürsen
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Carice van Houten, Paul de Leeuw, Anneke Blok, Chantal Janzen, Thomas Acda, Eva Smid
The actor who annually plays Sinterklaas dies just before the arrival of television crew. A mysterious new Sinterklaas named Jan (Michiel Romeyn) replaces him. Just a short while after his public appearance, he jumps into water to save a little girl who falls into it, and then he runs away from the crowd and disappears. He is found by the production assistant of the television show next day, and agrees to appear in television shows on knowing that playing Sinterklaas is a paid job. He becomes quite popular on television because of his alternative style.
American Girls (1918)
Directed by Maurits Binger
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Lola Cornero, Adelqui Migliar, Annie Bos, Jan van Dommelen, Paula de Waart
Beppie, Lola et Margie, sœurs et filles d'un millionnaire, font un voyage en Europe.
Amsterdamned (1988)
, 1h54Directed by Dick Maas
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Serial killer films
Actors Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Jules Croiset, Tanneke Hartzuiker, Bert Haanstra, Lou Landré
Opening from his point of view, a murderer looks around the city of Amsterdam at night through the canals the city is famous for. He sneaks into a Chinese restaurant's backdoor and steals a butcher knife while the cooks weren't looking. The killer finds his first victim in a local prostitute, who after refusing advances from a cab driver, gets thrown out of the cab. A baglady watches from a distance as the killer plunges the knife into the hooker and drags her back into the water. The next morning, a tour boat on the canal collides with the body of the prostitute, who has been hung on one of the small bridges. As the tourists scream, the body drags on the top of the boat until an opening shows her bloodied body and face.
Antonia's Line (1995)
, 1h42Directed by Marleen Gorris
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dora van der Groen, Victor Löw, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir, Johan Heldenbergh
Following World War II, the widow Antonia and her daughter Danielle arrive at Antonia's home town where her mother is dying. Antonia turns down an offer of marriage from Farmer Bas, but develops a romance with him anyway. Danielle becomes an artist and expresses interest in raising a child, while rejecting the idea of having a husband. Antonia and Danielle visit the city to find a man to impregnate Danielle, resulting in the birth of Therèse, an unusually intelligent girl. Danielle also develops a lesbian relationship with Therèse's tutor.
Admiral (2015)
, 2h31Directed by Roel Reiné
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer, Frank Lammers, Barry Atsma, Filip Peeters, Derek de Lint
Les batailles navales contre l'Angleterre menées par l'amiral des Provinces-Unies Michiel de Ruyter.
Baantjer: The Beginning (2019)
, 1h53Directed by Arne Toonen
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic
Actors Waldemar Torenstra, Tygo Gernandt, Lisa Smit, Jelka van Houten, Robert de Hoog, Fedja van Huêt
Le détective débutant Jurre de Cock a rejoint la police d’Amsterdam en 1980. Il se retrouve avec son partenaire Montijn dans un complot impliquant une possible attaque terroriste le jour du couronnement de la reine.
Bastille (1984)
, 1h31Directed by Rudolf van den Berg
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama
Actors Derek de Lint, Évelyne Dress, Dora Doll, Ischa Meijer, Loudi Nijhoff, Pierre Vial
Beauty (1970)
, 22minutesDirected by Johan van der Keuken
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Documentary
Le monde onirique d'un espion fasciste, Beauty. Le cinéaste joue avec la trame classique des séries noires, pour mieux la détourner. En voulant imposer un ordre uniforme et rigide, Beauty finira par se détruire lui-même.
Big Buck Bunny (2008)
, 9minutesOrigin Pays-bas
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Frank Welker, Liam Neeson
The plot follows a day of the life of Big Buck Bunny when he meets three bullying rodents, Frank (the leader of the rodents), Rinky and Gamera. The rodents amuse themselves by harassing helpless creatures of the forest by throwing fruits, nuts and rocks at them.