''Jackie'' is a 2012 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by

Antoinette Beumer Antoinette Beumer (born Janssen; 1962) is a Dutch film director. She is notable for having directed the 2010 films '' The Happy Housewife'' and ''Loft''. Biography Beumer was born as Antoinette Janssen in Nieuwer-Amstel, North Holland, the N ...

, from an idea by Marnie Block and Karen van Holst Pellekaan. The leading roles are played by

Carice van Houten Carice Anouk van Houten () is a Dutch actress and singer (born 5 September 1976 in Leiderdorp). Her first leading role in the television film '' Suzy Q'' (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she ...

, her real-life sister

Jelka van Houten Jelline Floriska van Houten (; born 1 September 1978) is a Dutch actress. She has acted in Dutch films, musicals, and television series. She also played Sabine in the British TV series '' Fresh Meat''. She won the John Kraaijkamp Musical Award ...

and Academy Award winner

Holly Hunter Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film ''The Piano'', Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for ...

Plot

Sofie (Carice van Houten) and Daan (Jelka van Houten) are twin sisters who were raised by two fathers (Paul Hoes and Jaap Spijkers). When they get a phone call from America that their biological mother, Jackie (Holly Hunter) is in a hospital with a complicated leg fracture awaiting transfer to a rehabilitation center, the two end up in an adventure where everything they believed in is called into question. This results in an unforgettable journey to New Mexico with the strange and inappropriate Jackie where the lives of the two sisters will change forever.

Cast

- Sophie *

- Daan, Sophie's twin sister *

- Jackie, Sophie & Daan's biological mother *

Jaap Spijkers Jaap may refer to: * Jaap Sahib, Sikh prayer * Jaap (given name) Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics * Jaap R. Bruijn (born 1938), Dutch maritime h ...

- Harm, Sophie & Daan's father *

Paul Hoes Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

- Marcel, Sophie & Daan's father *

Jeroen Spitzenberger Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1992. Filmography References External links * * 1976 births Living people Dutch male film actors 20th-century Dutch male ac ...

- Joost, Daan's husband *

Hajo Bruins Hajo is a historic town set in the hills northwest of Guwahati, Assam, India. It is a meeting point of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims due to the various pilgrimage sites on the different hills of Hajo. To the Hindus, the Manikut Parbat of Hajo ...

- Robert, Sophie's boss *

Elise Schaap Elise Schaap (born 21 September 1982) is a Dutch actress. Career Elise Schaap acts in television series and films. In the popular television series ''Familie Kruys'', she played a pregnant Romanian bride. Schaap played the girlfriend of a drug ...

- Rosa, one of Sophie's co-workers *

Howe Gelb Howe Gelb (born October 22, 1956, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer based in Tucson, Arizona. Projects Gelb's approach to music is collaborative and he has recorded with a number of s ...

- Paul

References

External links

* 2012 films 2012 comedy-drama films 2010s Dutch-language films Dutch comedy-drama films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub