Maria Kraakman
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Biography: Maria Kraakman (born, August 5, 1975) is a Dutch actress who graduated from the Arnhem Theater School in 1998 and now works as a permanent actress at Toneelgroep Oostpool. In 2005 she won a Golden Calf for her tranquil role in Nanouk Leopold's film Guernsey. Previously she appeared in Leopold's Îles flottantes (2001) and in a few short television films and plays, such as Eline Vere, where she was nominated for best female stage actress. In 2008 and 2009 Kraakman appeared in the solo performance Anonymous by Nataliya Golofastova, for which she won the Gouden Kniertje in September 2009. In 2010 she won the Theo d'Or for her performance in Orlando. She is the girlfriend of actor Dragan Bakema, with whom she played the lead role together in the play Tramlijn Begeerte at the end of 2012.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Soest - Utrecht - Netherlands
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Birthday: August 05, 1975
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Female
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Xenomelia
Overview: Alienated from his long-distance girlfriend, a man develops a dark fascination for the woman next door, whom he spies on from his home.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2021-09-28
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Guernsey
Overview: Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-08-25
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My Queen Karo
Overview: Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-10-28
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Floating Island
Overview: Kaat leaves Max the day after her thirtieth birthday and moves in with her friend Sascha. Kaat is in trouble. She is pregnant and doesnt know if the father is Max or Christophe, the boyfriend of Isa, another good friend of Kaat and Sascha. While Sascha and Isa try to find out what is really going on, Kaat keeps her mouth tightly shut and makes plans to cover her tracks by arranging a speedy abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-11
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Floating Island
Overview: Kaat leaves Max the day after her thirtieth birthday and moves in with her friend Sascha. Kaat is in trouble. She is pregnant and doesnt know if the father is Max or Christophe, the boyfriend of Isa, another good friend of Kaat and Sascha. While Sascha and Isa try to find out what is really going on, Kaat keeps her mouth tightly shut and makes plans to cover her tracks by arranging a speedy abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-11
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Scrapwood War
Overview: At their annual summer building club ‘Camp Scrapwood’, best friends Ziggy (12) and Bas (12) find themselves on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. At summer club, best friends Ziggy and Bas (12) are on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. Different secondary schools, different parental expectations and now falling in love with the same girl lead to all-out war between them. They begin to fight. Initially, tougher Bas fights hard, but soon has doubts about the row. Meanwhile, the gentle Ziggy gradually toughens up and becomes determined to win… A family film about friendship, love, jealousy… and being a boy.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2014-01-08
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Twee dromen
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-09-23
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Mag ik je aanraken?
Overview: How do Dutch actors in the post-#MeToo era look back at intimate scenes and what do they think about the arrival of the intimacy coordinator? From her experience as an actress and filmmaker, Tamar van den Dop talks to several past and present icons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2023-09-25
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The Gang of Oss
Overview: Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 1930s. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-09-29
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HannaHannaH
Overview: Hannah, the headstrong rebel of seven siblings, tries to avoid the preparations for her parent's wedding anniversary, but her charming brand-new lover Victor sort of drags her along, and soon proves an ideal son-in-law, which arouses mixed feelings in her. The sister in law who for years tries to fit in but always felt ignored gets a fit because Victor is immediately invited to chip in and join the anniversary river cruise, so they take over the organization from her. Yet when he confides in her the bunch is miserable at communicating, she claims he can't judge after just one evening and seems suddenly uncertain whether to stay with Victor who proves quite patient and understanding...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-13
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Zinloos
Overview: In a flashback, the film follows the life of Martin Hogeveen. He leads a life that leaves nothing to be desired: a luxurious apartment, a beautiful young girlfriend and a successful job as an independent municipal policy advisor, whose secondary task it is to combat fraud. His investigations are amply rewarded when he brings to light an extensive building industry fraud. As a result of his report, the director of the local authority is fired and Hogeveen takes over his post. In the meantime, Martin is stalked in his private life by an impetuous student who even harasses his girlfriend. Martin gets entangled in a situation involving murder and blackmail, and eventually makes an unexpected discovery. Zinloos is based on René Appel's novel Zinloos geweld.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-03-08
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Schneider vs. Bax
Overview: On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-05-28
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The Doctor
Overview: A girl lies dying in a hospital room. A priest wants to enter, but her doctor, Ruth Wolff, won't allow it. The incident brings her into such heavy external fire that the survival of her hospital is threatened. At the same time, a colleague takes advantage of the case to bend an internal appointment procedure to his will.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2022-05-22
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Roman Tragedies
Overview: In Roman tragedies, Ivo van Hove and Jan Versweyveld have created a unique arena in which Shakespeare speaks about our time more than ever and the political game in all its facets.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2021-02-14
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Man in Suit
Overview: Slightly absurdist story about a busy working mother who is left to herself when her husband forgets about their family outing. Stressed, she arrives at the fun fair with her children, where she is annoyed to find herself surrounded by all sorts of beaming families. A feeling of loneliness besets her. In her search for warmth and security, she not dispenses with her husband, but also her common sense.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-10-03
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The long aftermath of a short announcement
Overview: A short – apparently innocent – announcement turns the lives of a couple of employees at a wellness centre down. An absurd tragicomedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-09-27
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06/05
Overview: A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-12-15
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ITA Live Encore: Ibsen House
Overview: Based on Ibsen, Simon Stone wrote and directed a grand family saga about the troublesome but inevitable coexistence of different generations under one roof. Maarten Heijmans received the Arlecchino (best male performance in a supporting role) for his portrayal of Sebastiaan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2024-06-22
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Tussen man en vrouw
Overview: Awkward and touching moments at a wedding party where two ex-lovers are forced to spend the evening together. While the booze flows liberally and people around them are deliriously sweating and dancing to corny music, he makes advances. The initial chill between the former couple is extra painful because of the ebullient merrymakers and the budding happiness around them. Still, their love appears to have survived, although the old wounds haven’t completely healed either.
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-09-27
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Hunting & Sons
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2010-02-25
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Olivier etc.
Overview: Olivier calls himself a 'statistical miracle'. He is almost 27 years old but the doctors had predicted that, because of the heart disease he was born with, he would not get much older than 25 years. He doesn't seem to be suffering from the threat of death closing in on him. With unbridled energy, he parties, smokes, drinks and dances until deep into the night, and in the morning wakes up in bed next to girls he doesn't even know. His family and friends alienate from him because of this life style, and the fact that he doesn't have long lasting relationships, doesn't bother him. Olivier lives, day by day. Until new medical technologies make it possible to cure him, and a new future opens up to him. Everybody is happy, but Olivier doesn't know how to deal with the expectations and responsibilities of his new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-11
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In Blue
Overview: A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2017-09-14
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Humidity
Overview: The wife of a successful construction manager has disappeared after an ordinary morning in Belgrade. He is assured she will come back and continues with life, as usual. But, maybe she is just the first of the collapsed dominoes.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2016-03-01
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Cobain
Overview: Fifteen-year-old Cobain tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain takes over.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-04-05
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Mooi geweest
Overview: Once upon a time, Nel and Gerard arranged to jointly end their lives whenever they had a sense of completion, as the ultimate symbol of their love bond. But when Gerard is ready and Nel is still in doubt, it puts pressure on their relationship. Suppressed conflicts and ingrained habits make it harder than expected to follow through with their intention.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-10-13
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Instinct
Overview: Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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