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Dutch Films

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Everybody's Famous
Dominique Deruddere
A middle-aged factory worker with dreams of becoming a songwriter pins his hopes on his untalented teenage daughter. When she fails to achieve singing stardom, the father turns to more drastic measures--kidnapping a pop star and demanding to be heard. "With its likable blue-collar characters and its unpretentious exuberance, Everybody's Famous is reminiscent of recent British comedies like Brassed Off and The Full Monty" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). In Flemish with English subtitles; Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2000, 97 mins.
DVD | $37.95  


Dutch Films


1-900
Theo Van Gogh
Two busy professionals meet on a telephone sex line for good times. From their initial contact a strange and intense relationship develops that is by turns erotic, funny, frustrating and sinister. 1-900 protocol demands that they never actually meet, nor even discover each other's actual identity. Intimate contact, however, becomes an obsession leading them to explore the boundaries of imagination, fantasy and power. The director was murdered in 2004 by a Muslim extremist in response to the television film Submission: Part I (2004). In Dutch with English subtitles; Netherlands, 1995, 80 mins.
DVD | $37.95  

Alias
Jan Verheyen
Eva (Hilde De Baerdemaeker) accidentally captures the suicide of a beautiful young girl on her video camera. Soon after the tragedy, the mysterious and charming Dieter (Geert Hunaerts) enters Eva's life, sweeping her off her feet. But, Eva's life changes more than she had anticipated as these two seemingly unrelated events become intertwined. In Dutch with English subtitles. Belgium, 2002, 98 mins.
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Antonia's Line
Marleen Gorris
In this recasting in a woman's image of a story from the book of Genesis, an 88-year-old Dutchwoman recalls her past on the last day of her life, filled with colorful characters like a Russian midwife-undertaker, a Danish recluse, a mentally disabled girl, a village idiot and a mad Madonna who howls at the moon. An Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, the film also won Best Picture at the Toronto International Film Festival. In Dutch with English subtitles; Netherlands, 1995, 102 min.
DVD | $37.95  

Character
Mike Van Diem
A Dickensian tale of passion, obsessiveness and a life-long struggle between father and son. When the city's most hated court bailiff is found murdered, the young lawyer who last saw him alive tells police of a lifelong struggle between a father and his illegitimate son. Distinguished by a great performance by Jan Decleir, the visually stark and beautiful film is "given a quiet ferocity by Decleir's formidable performance and has a tough-love dimension that is not so very surprising" (Janet Maslin, New York Times). Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards. In Dutch with English subtitles.
DVD | $44.95  

Cool!
Theo Van Gogh
A cast of young non-professional actors lends bracing energy to this edgy, ironic film by slain Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. When a gang of petty thieves are recruited for a big-time bank heist, their participation lands them in an experimental reform school. There the teens are exposed to the gritty realities that lie behind the flashy manufactured images of gang life. In Dutch and Arabic with English, Spanish, and French subtitles.. Netherlands, 2004, 89 mins.
DVD | $37.95  

Crazy Love
Dominique Deruddere
The first film from Dominique Deruddere, director of the Oscar-nominated Everybody's Famous!, is an adaptation of several short stories by the late, iconic author Charles Bukowski, particularly "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, Calif." Three crucial stages in one man's life are detailed in a chronology filled with bittersweet, bizarre and often shocking scenarios, beginning in his youth as a naive 12-year-old, through his miserable, acne-scarred adolescence, up to his adult life as an alcoholic, drug-addicted dropout with urges of necrophilia. "Stunning. Quite unique...As bizarre a film experience as one could hope to have" (Sunday Times). The DVD is letterboxed, and includes a behind-the-scenes featurette, an interview with Dominique Deruddere, a stills and poster gallery, and optional English subtitles. In Dutch with English subtitles. Belgium, 1987, 90 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

The Delivery
Roel Reine
If you loved Run Lola Run, you'll enjoy this sleek, stylish thriller from the Netherlands. Deeply in debt, two business partners desperately agree to transport $25 million worth of Ecstasy from Amsterdam to Barcelona. Needless to say, all does not go as planned. After encountering the beautiful Lulu along the way, they are thrown into a dangerous world of terrorism and underworld retribution. The DVD is letterboxed, closed-captioned, and includes director's commentary, "making of" segment, deleted scenes, cast & crew interviews, and optional Spanish and French subtitles. In English. Netherlands, 1999, 105 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

The Dress
Alex van Warmerdam
In this very dark yet playful cinematic fable, the item of clothing that gives the film its title passes from one owner to the next, bringing unexpected consequences to those that possess it. The seemingly harmless garment exerts a strange power over anyone who comes into contact with it, disrupting relationships and bringing tragedy as it travels. "Moments of whimsy crash up against the angst, tenderness collides with degradation, levity slips into darkness" (Hollis Chacona, Austin Chronicle). Winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the Venice Film Festival. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1996, 103 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Everybody's Famous
Dominique Deruddere
A middle-aged factory worker with dreams of becoming a songwriter pins his hopes on his untalented teenage daughter. When she fails to achieve singing stardom, the father turns to more drastic measures--kidnapping a pop star and demanding to be heard. "With its likable blue-collar characters and its unpretentious exuberance, Everybody's Famous is reminiscent of recent British comedies like Brassed Off and The Full Monty" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). In Flemish with English subtitles; Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2000, 97 mins.
DVD | $37.95  

A Flight of Rainbirds
Ate de Jong
In this dramatic comedy about love, sex and religion, Jeroen Krabbe stars in a hilarious dual role. As a repressed cell biologist, he dreams he has a week to lose his virginity or he will die. His rakish alter ego tries to help the bumbling Maarten find the lucky woman who can save his life. Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1981, 94 mins.
Videocassette | $44.95  

For a Lost Soldier
Roeland Kerbosch
This haunting, true story follows a boy's wartime sexual awakening. It's controversial because this 12-year-old falls in love with a Canadian soldier who is in Holland just at the end of World War II. Based on an autobiographical novel by ballet star Rudi van Dantzig, For a Lost Soldier features the acclaimed actor Jeroen Krabbe (The Fugitive, Soldier of Orange). In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1993, 95 mins.
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Godforsaken (Van God Los)
Pieter Kuijpers
The friendship between a naive schoolboy and a troublemaker leads to tragedy in this Dutch thriller loosely based on the infamous Venlo Gang, a group of killers who terrorized the country for the Turkish Mafia in the early 1990s. After accidentally murdering a man during a robbery, the two friends are propelled into the underworld when they are hired to kill for the Mafia. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2003, 100 mins.
DVD | $37.95  

Grimm
Alex van Warmerdam
Although it's named for the Brothers Grimm tale upon which it's based, the title of this genre-bending surrealist comedy from Alex van Warmerdam also puns on the film's dark and menacing tone. Abandoned by their parents, adult siblings Jacob and Marie (stand-ins for Hansel and Gretel) travel to Spain to live with their uncle. Their journey thrusts them into contact with warped characters and nightmarish scenarios that blur the boundary between dream and nightmare. "Combines deadpan humor and energizing bursts of physical comedy with David Lynchian weirdness and menace" (Variety). The DVD is letterboxed and includes selected scene commentary by director Alex van Warmerdam, interview with Alex van Warmerdam, paintings and poster gallery, animated short film by van Warmerdam (Painting, 1986), trailers, and more. In Dutch and Spanish. Netherlands, 2003, 103 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Hombres Complicados
Dominique Deruddere
A petty crook and his straight-as-an-arrow brother take a wild road trip together in this outlandish Flemish comedy populated with bumbling criminals, flamboyant hookers, vengeful loan sharks and a few dead bodies. When their mother dies, scheming Roger convinces his gullible brother Bruno that her last wish was that they spend their meager inheritance to travel together. In reality, Roger is simply buying time from the mob and bringing his brother unwillingly into his web of problems. Flemish and French with English subtitles. Belgium, 1997, 83 mins.
Videocassette | $44.95  

I Love You Too
Ruud van Hemert
A virtuous young writer sees his life come apart after he is seduced by a beautiful, mysterious girl and they fall into a passionate but destructive affair. A very sexy film about obsessive desire, based on the best-selling novel by Ronald Giphart. In Dutch with English subtitles; Netherlands, 2001, 92 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Johan van der Keuken: The Complete Collection Vol. 1
Johan van der Keuken
The groundbreaking films of award-winning documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken stretch the boundaries of both documentary and narrative fiction. Rejecting the traditional documentary format as too restrictive, he uses fictional techniques to depict content drawn from real life, resulting in a uniquely personal style that is at once daring and engaging. Includes I Love $, Beauty, A Moment of Silence, The Eye Above the Well, Lucebert: Time and Farewell, The Unanswered Question, On Animal Locomotion, Face Value, and The Mask. "Along with Errol Morris and Chris Marker, van der Keuken is one of the true inheritors of the poetic documentary style of Dziga Vertov" (San Francisco Bay Guardian). French, English, and Dutch with French, English, and Dutch Subtitles. 3-DVD set. Includes Facets Cine-Notes Collectible Booklet, featuring "Johan van der Keuken" by Francois Albera, biography, and filmography. Spanish subtitles on discs 2 only. Netherlands, 1960-1994, 517 mins.
DVD | $99  

Johan van der Keuken: The Complete Collection Vol. 2
Johan van der Keuken
Cogent, complex, and classically composed, the documentaries of Johan van der Keuken reveal his lifelong curiosity about the ever-changing world and its inhabitants. His films stretch the boundaries of both documentary and narrative fiction, resulting in a uniquely personal style that is as daring as it is compassionate. Volume 2 features Amsterdam Global Village, an epic portrait of van der Keuken's hometown and the people who live there, as well as Brass Unbound, Sarajevo Film Festival Film, Time/Work, To Sang Fotostudio, Amsterdam Afterbeat, Ramon Gieling's documentary Living With Your Eyes, and Thierry Nouel's Johan van der Keuken and L'Entretien. "Arguably Europe's most important documentary filmmaker" (New York Times). 3-DVD set. Includes a collectible booklet by scholar Francois Albera. In Dutch, English, and French with French, English, and Dutch subtitles. Spanish subtitles for Discs 2 and 3 only. Netherlands, 1993-2001, 535 mins.
DVD | $99  

The Johnsons
Rudolf Van Den Berg
A teenaged girl is plagued by nightmares of seven little boys smearing blood over the white walls of an unfamiliar house. Afraid to leave her alone, the girl's photographer mother brings her daughter along on an assignment in the wilderness of southern Holland. Their arrival has been expected, however, by the sinister Dr. Johnson, whose genetic experiments have given birth to septuplet brothers, created to fulfill an ancient ritual of evil that involves the impregnation of the young girl. Terrifying Dutch horror from the director of Bastille and The Cold Light of Day. Also known as Xangadix. Widescreen (1.85:1), audio commentary, with optional English audio. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1991, 98 mins.
Videocassette | $37.95  

Little Tony
Alex van Warmerdam
A dark Dutch comedy by internationally acclaimed director Alex van Warmerdam. When an illiterate farmer (van Warmerdan) falls in love with his pretty young tutor (Ariane Schluter), the man's corpulent wife (Annet Malherbe) condones their affair. Wanting her frustrated husband to be happy (and his mistress to bear a son), the farmer's wife enters into a complicated menage a trois that spins into a game of lust, manipulation, and murder. Shown in the Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1998, 95 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Lyrical Nitrate
Peter Delpeut
An unusual and moving tribute to early cinema constructed from color-tinted and toned nitrate films found deteriorating in the attic of an Amsterdam movie house. Through meticulous restoration, these prints, dating from the earliest years of the century, are shown in the rich and subtle colors in which they were originally exhibited, accompanied by an evocative soundtrack. "The cumulative effect of Lyrical Nitrate is a revelation" (The New York Post). The DVD includes The Forbidden Quest (Peter Delpeut, Netherlands, 1993, 75 mins.), which re-configures found footage to detail an ill-fated 1905 expedition to the South Pole. Dutch intertitles with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1991, 50 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

May 6th
Theo Van Gogh
This high-octane political thriller was the final film by director Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered by a political extremist after presenting his controversial short film Submission. May 6th centers on the fictionalized story, based on a book by Tomas Ross, of the events leading up to the assassination of political leader Pim Fortuyn. Includes documentary on the murder of Theo Van Gogh; Van Gogh's video diaries from the set of May 6th; original trailer. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2004, 117 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

O Amor Natural
Heddy Honigmann
The erotic poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade is the inspiration for this unique look at geriatric sexuality. On the beaches and streets of Rio de Janeiro, several elderly men and women read the poet's work and then proceed to reminisce about their own sexual experiences. Some of Drummond's acquaintances are also interviewed in this film that shows how the power of verse reignites the memory of pleasure. Includes follow-up interviews, deleted scenes, filmmaker bios, trailers, and more. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Netherlands/Brazil, 1996, 76 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

S.
Guido Henderickx
A mysterious, bisexual woman known only as "S." reaches the end of her rope in this dark, violent and incredibly sexy feature. Her disturbed upbringing erupts into murder when she finds her boyfriend cheating on her. She flees to Brussels where she takes a job at a peep show and becomes involved with a fellow stripper, but remains unable to conquer her inner demons. "With an edgy musical soundtrack, and lush cinematography, dysfunction has never looked so good" (OutTakes.net). Flemish with English subtitles. Belgium, 1998, 94 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Scary Man
Eugenie Jansen/Albert Elings
A brilliant, grotesque and frequently hilarious commentary on human nature, Scary Man is the most memorable portrayal of the battle between man and bird since Hitchcock sent his winged army after Tippi Hedren. As the bird population explodes and scarecrows lose their power to scare, citizens resort to drastic, often absurd measures in order to compete for space with their feathered foes. A truly original comic vision. In English and Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1996, 48 mins.
Videocassette | $44.95  

Siberia
Robert Jan Westdijk
Hugo Metsers and Roeland Fernhout play a mischievous pair of Dutch roommates who charm, seduce, and rob female tourists for fun and funds. But the two meet their match in Siberian traveler Lara (Vlatka Simac), who turns the tables on their con. Director Robert Jan Westdijk uses an inventive visual style that mixes color with black & white and film with video. With Nicole Eggert. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 1998, 91 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Simon
Eddy Terstall
The official Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar of 2005, Eddy Terstall's warm-hearted comedy tells of the unlikely friendship that develops between Simon (Cees Geel), a brash drug dealer, and Camiel (Marcel Hensema), a timid dental student. They meet after colliding in a traffic accident, but their budding friendship is swiftly halted when Simon's girlfriend (Rifka Lodeizen) seduces Camiel to see if he's truly gay. Fifteen years later, the two men meet again under vastly different circumstances, and discover how valuable their friendship really is. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2004, 102 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Slaughter Night (SL8N8)
Frank van Geloven
Kristel (Victoria Koblenko) and a group of her teen pals venture into an abandoned mine that her father was exploring for research when he died. That particular study was of a convicted child killer sent to a Dutch mine to set off suspected gas leaks--a common practice for the condemned before the passing of judicial reforms. A mishap during the youngsters' quest unleashes the soul of the killer, causing trouble for the doomed teens, and providing a cinematic feast for gorehounds. In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2006, 90 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Stratosphere Girl
Matthias X. Oberg
A naive teenager flees her Dutch hometown for the bright lights of Tokyo to pursue her dream of drawing manga-style comics in this coming-of-age story. As Angela (Chloe Winkel) sheds her innocent illusions about life, her comics begin to reflect her shifting sensibility as they morph into dark animes characterized by shadowy figures and nightmarish uncertainties. In English and Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2004, 90 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

To Play or to Die
Frank Krom
Set in a Dutch boys' school, the introverted and shy Kees enters into a psychosexual battle of wills with his handsome tormentor Charel, the leader of the brutal gang that uses fascist sadomasochistic games to exert their power. With Geert Hunaerts and Tjebbo Gerritsma. Dutch with English subtitles. USA, 1991, 50 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

The Vanishing
George Sluizer
A young husband descends into the obsessive corners of his mind when his wife inexplicably vanishes while on holiday in France. This cold-blooded psychological thriller was winner of the Grand Prize of Dutch Cinema for Best Film. It succeeds the old-fashioned way, by hooking the viewer on the characters and murky undercurrents of the story--seducing us into the midst of a clean, logical nightmare. In the finest tradition of Hitchcock, The Vanishing will haunt you long after it is over. "It's unforgettable even if you try to forget it" (San Francisco Chronicle). In Dutch and French with English subtitles; Netherlands, 1988, 107 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Yes Nurse! No Nurse!
Pieter Kramer
Adapted from a popular 1960's Dutch television series, Pieter Kramer's musical comedy is a kooky, campy farce about a nurse (Loes Luca) who runs a rest home for colorful eccentrics. Among her charges are a professional thief, a crackpot inventor, a wannabe actor, and a cat burglar. "A glorious, imaginative homage to the golden era of the late, great, Hollywood studio musical - and a celebration of all its camped up, Technicolor glory" (San Francisco Examiner). In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2003, 104 mins.
DVD | $44.95  

Zus & Zo
Paula van der Oest
In this biting comedy, three sisters are shocked to learn that their gay brother is marrying a woman. When they discover that he will inherit the family-owned hotel in Portugal as a result of the marriage, they go to great lengths to disrupt the engagement. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, this film is "about as vigorous and intricate as a romantic comedy can get" (Eddie Cockrell, Variety). In Dutch with English subtitles. Netherlands, 2001, 106 mins.
DVD | $37.95