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Simon

Country: The Netherlands, Language: Dutch | English | German | Thai, 102 mins

  • Director: Eddy Terstall
  • Writer: Eddy Terstall
  • Producer: Imko Nieuwenhuijs

CGiii Comment

A fine, fine film.

Thank you Mr Terstall – for your remarkable script and sensitivity.

Can gay and straight men be friends? Definitely.

A work of wonder.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Enterprising liberal Jew Simon Cohen is the lawless lord of an Amsterdam neighborhood, running a 'coffee' shop' (legal soft drugs sale). As soon as they bump into each-other, Simon fascinates gay, up to then conventionalist Jewish dentistry student Camiel Vrolijk and draws him into his libertine world, even all the way to Thailand for B-movie making. Having seduced Simon's whorish girl, embarrassed Simon leaves quietly. Ten years later, the dentist, now settled with a gay partner, lawyer Bram, meets the new cancer-terminal but affluent Simon again.

Cast & Characters

Cees Geel as Simon Cohen;
Marcel Hensema as Camiel Vrolijk;
Rifka Lodeizen as Sharon;
Nadja Hupscher as Joy;
Eva Duijvestein as Ellen;
Daan Ekkel as Marco;
Dirk Zeelenberg as Bram;
Stijn Koomen as Nelson;
Johnny de Mol as Floris;
Maria Kooistra as Gwen;
Femke Lakerveld as Adrienne;
Natasja Loturco as Astrid, Camiel's Assistant;
Araba Walton as Gisela;
Medi Broekman as Priscilla;
Dennis Rudge as Sjimmie