''Stricken'' ( nl, Komt een vrouw bij de dokter) is a 2009 Dutch drama film directed and produced by

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and based on the book by the same name by writer Ray Kluun. The film was the highest-grossing Dutch film of the year with a gross of €9.3 million and is one of the 20 most popular Dutch films of all time.

Plot

Stijn (

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) is a rich, handsome and self-centered advertising executive who lives in a hedonistic world. Everything revolves around him. He has a successful career and a loving marriage with Carmen (

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). Occasionally he cheats, but it is tolerated due to his enthusiastic and impetuous character. Fate strikes as it turns out that Carmen is suffering from breast cancer. He supports her, but as it can sometimes be difficult, he will often go between meeting with Roos (

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), with whom he has a tempestuous affair, and lying to Carmen. After Carmen is declared cured, Stijn comes clean with his cheating, and breaks up with Roos. Afterwards Carmen becomes ill again, this time terminally. Stijn breaks his promise to Carmen and resumes his relationship with Roos, although Carmen forgives him. She commits

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by drinking a poison provided by a physician (

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). This does not work, so she then gets an

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from the doctor, and finally dies. After the death of Carmen, Stijn goes even further in his relationship with Roos.

Cast

- Stijn *

- Carmen *

- Roos *

Pierre Bokma Pierre Henri Martin Bokma (born 20 December 1955 in Paris) is a Dutch Stage (theatre), stage, television and film actor. Bokma received his professional training at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. In November 2007 he won an Internation ...

- Huisarts *

- Oncoloog

References

External links

* 2009 romantic drama films 2009 films Dutch romantic drama films 2000s Dutch-language films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub