De passievrucht (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Maarten Treurniet

Writers:

Karel Glastra van Loon (novel)
Kees van Beijnum (scenario)

Release Date:

11 December 2003 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Tandem Bicycle | Half Brother | Skateboard | Hospital

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Peter Paul Muller	...	Armin Minderhout
Carice van Houten	...	Monika
Halina Reijn	...	Ellen
Jan Decleir	...	Huib Minderhout
Dai Carter	...	Bo
Frank Lammers	...	Dees
Gijs Scholten van Aschat	...	Family Doctor Terlinden
Jeroen Willems	...	Robbert Hubeek
André Arend van de Noord	...	Niko Neerinckx
Tjitske Reidinga	...	Anke Neerinckx
Marlies Heuer	...	Monika´s mother
Rijkman van het Kaar	...	Bo (1 year old)
Dion Mensink	...	Bo (5 year old)
Pim Lambeau	...	Neighbour de Bruin
Pim van den Heuvel	...	Neighbour Huib

Also Known As:

Father's Affair (International: English title)

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

24fps Productions

Trivia:

Kim van Kooten, Tamar van den Dop, Angela Schijf and Thomas Acda were screened for a lead in this film in the early phase.

another great dutch movie!!

De Passievrucht is an adaptation of the debute novel of the relatively young but talented Dutch writer Karel Glastra van Loon. Years ago I read his second novel (Lisa's adem, or 'Lisa's breath'), was fascinated by it, and planned on reading his first. As usual, I never got to it. Fortunately, they recently made a movie out of his book, so last night I went and saw it in the cinema.

They did a great job. This movie is about a man who finds out he has been sterile all his life. This has two consequences: first, he and his girlfriend will never be able to have kids of their own, and second, his thirteen years old son can't actually be his son. His wife, who died nine years ago, can't tell him who the real father is anymore. But he must know. So he starts his quest for the painful truth. A number of old friends are interrogated, and his girlfriend suffers the consequences. She's in deep pain about never being able to have children, and meanwhile, all he does is chase his own nightmare.

How events eventually unfold will remain a mystery to you, my dear reader, until you watch the movie. Which I highly recommend you to do. It's a great movie about father-son relationships, about love, about sex and passion, about cheating. The movie's got humor, it has tears, it has a lot of anger. And it features the ever-sympathetic actor Frank Lammers!!