Boy Ecury (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Frans Weisz

Writer:

Arthur Japin (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 2003 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Black Businessman Dundun Ecury from Aruba arrives in the Netherlands after World War II to search for the body of his son Boy...

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Felix de Rooy	...	Dundun Ecury
Steve Hooi	...	Boy Ecury
Johnny de Mol	...	Ewoud
Gaby Milder	...	Kitty
Servé Hermans	...	Luis
Sylvia Poorta	...	Hospita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ronald Armbrust	...	Grüne Polizei 2
Walter Bart	...	KP'er 2
Pierre Bokma	...	Douanebeambte
Ronald de Bruin	...	Aanklager
Barbara Droog	...	Ewouds Zusje
Christopher Roy Holband	...	Nicky
Maarten Hordijk	...	Jongen 1
Bas Keijzer	...	KP'er 1
Hugo Konings	...	KP'er 5
Marc Krone	...	Onderduiker
Jur van der Lecq	...	Ewouds vader
Mike Libanon	...	Doe
Michiel Nooter	...	Beambte
Folmer Overdiep	...	KP'er 3
Priscilla Pieters	...	Mimi
Peter Post	...	Grüne Polizei 1
Halina Reijn	...	Ewouds vriendin
Léon Roeven	...	KP'er 4
Sieger Sloot	...	Broeder Edmundus
Dries Smits	...	Broeder Majella
Hylke van Sprundel	...	Ben
Jacqueline Versluijs	...	Verpleegster
Stefan de Walle	...	Dhr. Van Kuilenburg
Geza Weisz	...	Jongen 2
Henning Zorn	...	Duitse commandant

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:AL

Company:

Memphis Features

This matter is not "just personal" (includes slight spoiler)

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I really enjoyed this film; in particular because I feel related to the Antillean/ Aruban people, culturally and emotionally. The only thing I did not like, was the ending. I am not going to say what it was, I just disagree with the idea that if you avenge a relative who was a traitor, this somehow becomes "personal and not political". If you are a decent person, and it is war time, and your country is occupied by the enemy, no matter what your personal feelings are, you should accept that your relative got what he deserved for being a traitor. If you don't, and if you start betraying other people to the enemy, you are becoming a traitor yourself. There is nothing personal and everything is political about that in war time. The film also makes you feel cynical in a certain way: looking at the way Antillean and Aruban people are being treated in Holland today, you can't help wondering was it actually worth to sacrifice yourself for such a country... But of course, Boy Ecury could not have known what would become of it. He simply stood up for what was right and lived up to his ideals of freedom and equality.