Benja Bruijning
Also Known As: The Bench, Benja Bruining
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam - Noord-Holland - Netherlands
Birthday: October 28, 1983
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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LelleBelle
Overview: 16-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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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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Just Like in the Movies
Overview: Reconnecting in the 1990s years after being school bandmates, two budding musicians struggle to balance success and happiness when they form a Eurodance act that skyrockets them to fame and fortune.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2023-10-12
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Family Way
Overview: All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any responsibilities. Their brother-in-law Dick wants his deceased wife back. Head of the family Arend wants to be happy. Mother Jeannette wants somebody to want her. Written by Topkapi Films
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-11-21
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Heart Street
Overview: Hartenstraat is set in the Nine Streets district of Amsterdam. It is a village in a big town and everyone seems to be looking for love. As the womanizer Bas, seniors Bep and Aart and the couple Rein and Jacob. The only one who is not looking for love is Daan. He lives here with his daughter Saar in Hartenstraat, where he has his own business as a caterer. Then Katje appears in his life. The pretty fashion designer opens a fashion boutique next door to Daan. When her catering unexpectedly cancels just before opening her shop Katje must appeal to Daan. That is asking for trouble since the two opposite each other in everything. Yet Katje also secretly has an eye on her neighbor, especially now that her current relationship with Thomas is not going strong.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2014-03-13
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The Price of Sugar
Overview: A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white colonial and slave owner, and her slave Mini-Mini's. While Lynda is slowly embittered by the hard life in the colony, Mini-Mini gets a chance at her own happiness. The question is, if she dares to seize that chance, as this happiness is at the expense of her mistress and half sister?
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2013-09-26
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Ooit
Overview: Jos is mentally-challenged and still living with his mother. On his 34th birthday his life is about to change dramatically.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Taxi 656
Overview: Plasterer Cor has been an introvert all his life. When he is retrained to become a taxi driver, he is forced to crawl out of his shell, but it also put his marriage under a lot of stress.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Snacken
Overview: Two sixteen-year-old girls, Sanne and Clarissa, are invited to a party by one of their brothers. The girls have done their best to dress appropriately, but when they arrive at the party it turns out that they are completely underdressed and, moreover, by far the youngest. Afterwards they visit a snack bar, where suddenly a nice boy Sanne had met that morning enters the supermarket. 'Snacken' is a subtle story, in which it is not so much about the story, but about the exchanges of glances between two 16-year-old girlfriends, in which vulnerability and bravura compete for priority.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-09-23
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Gift from the Heart
Overview: Brothers Tom and Niek are running the family's costume rental store. Former soap star Tom doesn't take his job and his relationships very seriously. Niek on the other hand, is a workaholic, which recently led to a separation from his wife Karin. When the brothers are preparing for the busy holiday season, attractive Julia walks through the door with an offer they can't refuse: participating in a bold ad campaign that will rock Dutch holiday traditions to their core. Soon enough, Tom and Niek find themselves in a whirlwind of family issues, national cultural matters and love, after which neither of them will ever be the same.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2014-11-06
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The Trap
Overview: What at first appears to be a surprise family holiday turns into a kidnapping and ends in a nightmare, when Simone discovers her father is on the run from serious problems. As she slowly realises that he is losing his mind and on the verge of doing awful harm, she decides to protect her family. Loosely based on a family drama in the Netherlands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-02-06
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The Letter for the King
Overview: Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given task and starts into an adventure, that will shape the destiny of Dagonaut. On his journey he learns about the true meaning of love, friendship, courage and loyalty.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-07-16
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The Fury
Overview: Albert has always looked up to his aunt Tiny: this beautiful woman from Brabant can make any man’s heart skip a beat. Through Albert’s eyes Tiny’s life seems quite exciting. But why is she so furious at everyone and everything? It takes him half a lifetime to discover that his beloved aunt’s existence is a lot more complex than he had ever thought.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-03-24
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The Return of the Honey Buzzard
Overview: With his familial bookshop on the verge of bankruptcy, Simon finds himself retreating more and more to his cabin in the woods. After witnessing the suicide of a stranger, a childhood trauma involving his bullied best friend resurfaces and he withdraws even further into the past, estranging himself from his wife and his responsibilities. The only glimmer of hope is a young girl who needs help with her book review. But there is more to the girl than there seems to be.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2017-03-22
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Dense on the Sea
Overview: Constant Wegman (Benja Bruijning), a 14 year old boy, raised by his grandmother (Carry Tefsen) in Zeedijk, Amsterdam. She is the owner of a cafe-hotel “De Rode Laars” (“The Red Boots”). The dreaming Constant runs away from this world of drunkards, gamblers, fighters by writing poems. His grandmother wants him to take control of the cafe. Then Constant secretly subscribes to a national poem writing competition: a new Vondel is born!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2000-03-15
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Your Mother Should Know
Overview: A young photographer moves back in with his mother and has to adjust to his old hometown. Things get more challenging when she appoints him as her dating coach in order to spend more time together.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-04-26
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House of Salt
Overview: We follow a man who seems to be forever dripping with water, who meets a group of people that pretend he's simply not there. The film follows the man's struggle to become part of the others and learns what he must give up to do so.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-10
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Bellicher: Cel
Overview: Michael Bellicher wakes up one morning to find out that his identity has been stolen. Soon he learns that the perpetrator is using his stolen ID for all kinds of illegal action. Michael tries to find out who is behind all this, when, to his horror, his credentials show up at the scene of a big terrorist attack. Suddenly he is public enemy number one…
Genres: Action
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-10-04
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