Erik de Bruyn
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Terneuzen, Netherlands
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Under the Palms
Overview: This film was shot entirely in Rotterdam and shows the German couple David (Helmut Berger) and Tanya (Sheri Hagen) who are kept by Ludwig (Udo Kier), David's half-brother. Ludwig has some dubious business to do and so he is staying in the port for a while. David and Tanya have followed him and are staying in a hotel. They pass the time committing robberies. When David finds a photo of an attractive young man among the booty of a robbery, his life is turned upside down. He will have to close the door on a suffocating past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-09-22
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Mates
Overview: October 1997. Paul Winters (35) is deputy public prosecutor in Arnhem and is working on his first major case: an investigation in to the allegations of a Bosnian girl that she was raped by three soldiers in the Dutch UN contingent and whose brother is alleged to have been killed by them. Winters suspects that the girl is telling the truth, but he can't prove it and the case is adjourned. Then one of the men gives a revealing statement that throws a different light on the case. Winters argues in favour of reopening the case, but faces opposition from an unexpected quarter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1999-02-01
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J. Kessels
Overview: J. Kessels is the story of the bizarre road trip taken by a French literary pulp writer with his favourite character J. Kessels. The journey takes them from Tilburg to the Hamburg Reeperbahn in Kessels' old American 'Kamikaze' clunker as they seek out cheating dealer. When they get there they find a corpse in the trunk of the Kamikaze: easy to find, but how do you get rid of it?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-10-01
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How to Survive a Broken Heart
Overview: D.C. has been abandoned by his girlfriend Nola, wants to go to Hollywood and participates in 'chicken races' out of desperation and lack of money; a perilous event in which one travels a certain distance on the road by car without stopping.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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Pink Ulysses
Overview: A homoerotic exploration of the Odyssey mixing black and white, color, and old film clips.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-02-13
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De laatste dagen van het atelier Frans van de Staak
Overview: The importance of the Atelier as a meeting and working-place for independent or beginning filmmakers is highlighted in Last days of Studio Frans van de Staak a necrology of his films by Kees Hin (2002), which focuses mainly on Van de Staak's non-naturalistic style of directing actors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2002-05-23
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