Jelka van Houten
Also Known As: Jelline Floriska van Houten
Biography: Jelka van Houten is a Dutch actress of film, stage, and television, though she is perhaps best known for being the sister of fellow actress Carice van Houten. She is currently nominated for a Gouden Notekraker; the judge's who nominated her have said that "her surprising début holds a lot in store for the future". Van Houten also received praise for her stage debut as Olga in the musical Turk's Fruit, for which she won a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award. Her upcoming projects include the film Zomerhitte and the play Seksual Perversity, at the Theatre de Voorveghter.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Summer Heat
Overview: Photographer Bob loses his girlfriend. A year later he meets Kathleen. Is she in love? Or does she use him for her dark dealings with the mafia?
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-03-20
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Trollie: The Great Rescue
Overview: When Max goes out looking for troll’s footsteps, he climbs the fence of luxury hotel Dikkersdorp. Caught by a security guard who mistakenly holds him responsible of a theft orchestrated by the mysterious Pie, Max is in trouble. Luckily, his new neighbor Sellie sets him free and, together, they meet with Trollie. Unfortunately, Sellie’s father hears about the troll and goes out of his way to expose the creature to the public. But Trollie is very miserable being put in display and Max stages his escape to reunite his troll friend with his family in the land of Ekeby.
Genres: Fantasy Family Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2021-01-14
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Jackie
Overview: Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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The Domino Effect
Overview: If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we sometimes like to think.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-18
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Raak
Overview: Small events in the lives of three people eventually lead to the moment at which a boy throws a rock from a bridge to hit a car. Small, unimportant causes can have big consequences.
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-05-09
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Oink
Overview: A young girl sets out to prove to her disapproving mother she can house-train the endearing but unruly little piglet she gets as a birthday gift from her estranged oddball grandfather.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2022-07-01
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A Christmoose Story
Overview: Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly a large moose crashes through the roof of his garage. And if that isn’t strange enough, the moose claims to have fallen from Santa’s sleigh! But being friends with a moose isn’t all that simple. Especially since Max’s grumpy neighbor has no interest in hanging stockings for Christmas but would love to hang up a pair of moose antlers, and Santa is out there somewhere looking to get his sleigh back!
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2013-11-27
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Near Neighbours
Overview: Three women in the big city pass each other daily but never really get to know each other. How much difference could a little bit more contact make?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-26
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Life is Beautiful
Overview: Erasmus compiled a few thousand Adagia, each exemplifies the classical truths that are our timeless and everyday wisdom. Life is Beautiful shows us just how wondrous life really is, by reflecting, quietly manipulating and exposing every day moments and scenes in 30 short stories.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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Anna
Overview: Anna starts and ends in euphoria: brother and sister Stijn and Brecht have both put the ghosts of the past behind them and she has finally said 'yes' to the tall waiter who has been courting her for so long. In their tragic past, the mysterious Anna plays a key role. When some time later Anna suddenly reappears, she again turns the siblings' life topsy-turvy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-02-05
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Liefje
Overview: How reliable are memories? Liefje explores the boundary between reality and fantasy. In a therapeutic session, the 18-year-old Esther reconstructs the murder of her father that she committed with her boyfriend Erik. Flashbacks reveal the facts of the matter. The schoolgirl grows up between quarrelling parents, opposes her mother's uninhibited sexual education and despises her father Robert after he has fathered a twin with his new wife, who is much younger. She tells Erik about a vague memory of her father, allegedly abusing her sexually. Notwithstanding the difference between the gaps in Esther's memory and the facts, the outraged Erik offers her to be her avenger.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-03-12
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King Sausage
Overview: When Greetje's father Mr. Tuitjes, a butcher, decides to compete against his Italian rival Smakkerelli, their whole usually so quiet village is turned upside down. The enemies have closed the deal that whoever loses the competition organized by the Society or Meat Products from Fresh Pigs must leave town forever. And that threatens not only Mr. Tuitjes' business, but also the love between Greetje and Nol. Suddenly, the annual sausage competition becomes a devilish dilemma: will Greetje choose her father's luck, or her own?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2022-10-13
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Jack's Wish
Overview: Jack Oei (8) has two moms, is an only child and feels lonely. Jack’s biggest wish is a brother. But no matter how much he begs his moms, the little brother just doesn’t arrive. Jack decides to take matters in his own hands….
Genres: Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-02-04
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Bed & Breakfast
Overview: A socially awkward workaholic resigns on a whim and then contemplates her new future in a Groningen village full of eccentrics while wrapping the local bachelors around her finger.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2024-05-01
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Honey
Overview: Eva is not getting any younger, but has a good job, a beautiful house and nice friends. When she turns 35, her friends give her the only thing preventing her from being perfectly happy: a man. When the whirl of the birthday party is over, it turns out that she, despite the fact that her fondest wish seems to be fulfilled, does not really know what to do with the present.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-09-29
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Men in the City 2
Overview: A lot has changed in the lives of our men, but in the sequel to Men in the City, finding their true love turns out to be everything but a fairytale. So the search continues in full swing.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-12-17
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Family Weekend
Overview: A widower invites his children for a family weekend with the announcement that he has news. He is getting married with a 30 years younger woman. The children start the competition for heritage. What is more important: money or family?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-02-18
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Hart Beat
Overview: Making music means everything for the shy Zoë. But since her father left, she never played guitar again. When she is hit by the bus from Mik, superstar Bieber size, sparks fly allthough she is not a fan at first. Off course, people around the two love birds dont exactly cooperate to make things work...
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-10-12
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Waldstille
Overview: In this drama, Ben is faced with the anger and grief of his entire village when, inebriated, he causes a road accident in which his girlfriend Tinka dies. Ben is sent to prison and his resentful in-laws get custody of his little daughter Cindy. When Ben after two years returns to the southern village of Waldstille, he intends to restore contact with Cindy as soon as possible - despite opposition from his parents-in-law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2016-09-16
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Het Verlangen
Overview: Two brothers get caught up in a bitter battle for honor when they attempt to save their ailing publishing company by having an uncultured but attractive woman pose as the author of an unknown talent's literary masterpiece.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2017-03-23
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No Such Thing as Housewives
Overview: Two modern women and their free-spirited mother struggle to balance their private, professional and family lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2017-12-21
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Shit Happens
Overview: When they are confronted with the disease of the pater familias, all the members of the Liefhebber family have to face their fears, faults and their troubled interrelationships.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-10-24
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The Club of Ugly Children
Overview: “Keep it clean!” – The new president is serious about that, including looks. When Paul, whose large jug ears are quite apparent on class photo day, and some of the other “ugly” kids are taken on a surprise trip, they realize that the president wants to hide them away. On the run, Paul is helped by Sara, one of the “pretty” kids. They start an underground club to fight against the president. The movement soon turns into a revolution. The kids show the world that even children can rise up – and that you don’t have to be “pretty” to be a hero!
Genres: TV Movie Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-10-09
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Baantjer: The Beginning
Overview: A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-04-18
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Huisvrouwen bestaan niet 2
Overview: Three women struggle, cursing, laughing and telling each other the truth. Each with their own phase of motherhood and its effect on their lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-12-12
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Vicious
Overview: A girls weekend in a remote cottage in the Ardennes. Relationships are put into focus - do the four girls know everything about each other? The filming of the 'best youth book' of 2012 written by Mel Wallis de Vries.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-01-24
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Dennis P.
Overview: Comedy inspired by the true story of Dennis P, who became Holland's biggest diamond thief, when he walked away with the entire 20 million euros stock of an international diamond trader, using a microwave oven as a swagbag.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-03-13
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Ome Cor
Overview: A down-on-his-luck Rotterdam dock worker struggles to get his financials and family life back on track.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2022-12-13
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