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Cloaca
- Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
- Writer: Maria Goos
- Producer: Hanneke Niens; Justine Paauw
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This TV movie puts many a main feature to shame.
The production values are top notch. The direction is fast and slick. The writing deals expertly with 4 concurrent mid-life crises.
This is what life throws at us all, people of a certain age will readily relate to this film - the youngsters will hail it as depressing (your time will come).
The editing is polished, making this a smooth worthwhile journey.
Sadly, Bakhuyzen is no longer with us - a fine talent. RIP.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The relationship of four old college friends in trouble is renewed when they get dependent on each other. Pieter doesn't want to give back eight valuable paintings he took from the art depot of the municipality for each year as a birthday present. To help him, he requests the help from Tom, once a lawyer, but now a drug addict. Politician Joep, quarrelling with his wife and in the race for becoming a member of the Dutch cabinet, is hiding at Pieter's place. Joep's daughter is actress in a play of stage director Maarten. Secretly Maarten is having sex with her and he is looking for an opportunity to tell. For some time the friendship of the four is revived, but are they willing to go through fire and water for one another?
Cast & Characters
Peter Blok as Tom;
Pierre Bokma as Pieter;
Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Joep;
Jaap Spijkers as Maarten;
Elsie de Brauw as Conny;
Caro Lenssen as Laura;
Marleen Stolz as Helena;
Eric Schneider as Brest;
Genio De Groot as Jacques Vermeulen;
Marcel Hensema as Lighting designer;
Jeroen Spitzenberger as Actor in play;
Benjamin de Wit as Actor in play;
Marnix Stassen as Percussionist;
Dianne Krijnen as Colleague;
Iwan Walhain as Drug courier on moped