''Suzy Q'' is a 1999 Dutch film starring

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, s ...

and directed by

Martin Koolhoven Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for '' Schnitzel Paradise'' (2005), ''Winter in Wartime'' (2008) and '' Brimstone'' (2016), which was his first f ...

. It is based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with Koolhoven. The film featured van Houten in her first leading role; she worked again with Koolhoven on the films AmnesiA and Brimstone.

Plot

The film is set in the sixties and revolves around the teenager Suzy, who is part of an uncaring family: father is abusive and unemployed, mother is naive, one brother is the brooding type while the other is habitually stoned. Suzy surreptitiously manages to gain access to the hotel room of

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and

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British I ...

during their visit to

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. Suzy gets kissed by her idol Jagger and wants to tell the world, but nobody believes her or even wants to hear the story.

Background

The film is a joint production of Staccato Films and the Dutch public broadcasting service. The title refers to

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' cover of the

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song '' Susie Q''. ''Suzy Q'' won various awards, including a

Gouden Kalf The Golden Calf ( nl, Gouden Kalf) is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, Best Short F ...

for van Houten. Despite being a film was made for TV, it was the most decorated Dutch film of 1999. Due to the frequent use of music by the likes of The Rolling Stones,

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, Jimi Hendrix,

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and

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, the film was never released in cinemas or on DVD. In 2014, to save his project from obscurity, Martin Koolhoven published the film on

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. He also asked for the film to be distributed via torrent sites, which promptly happened.

Cast

as Suzy *Roeland Fernhout as Zwier *

Linda van Dyck Linda Marianne de Hartogh (18 May 1948 – 17 December 2023), known by the stage name Linda van Dyck, was a Dutch actress. Biography and death Van Dyck was the daughter of actor Leo de Hartogh and actress Teddy Schaank. Sometimes she was ref ...

as Ruth (Suzy's mother) *

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as Ko (Suzy's father) *

Michiel Huisman Michiel Huisman (; born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch actor who has acted in both Dutch and English-language TV series and films. Huisman began his career in the Dutch soap opera ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' (1998). He later played in the Dutc ...

as Palmer *

Ricky Koole Ricky Koole (born 11 September 1972) is a Dutch singer and film actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1996. Personal life and career Koole graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of the Arts from the ''Kleinkunstacademie'' in Amsterdam ...

as Betty *Kim la Croix as Hanna *

Cees Geel Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel (born 13 March 1965 in Schagen) is a Dutch television, radio and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001) and in the film ''Simon'' (2004). He won the Go ...

as Jimmy *Andrew Richard as Mick Jagger *

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as Marianne Faithfull *Hugo Koolschijn as Fotographer *Leonoor Pauw as Receptionist *

Halina Reijn Halina Reijn (; born 10 November 1975) is a Dutch actress, writer and film director. Early life and education Halina Reijn was born on 10 November 1975 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Fleur ten Kate and Frank Volkert Reijn (1931-1986). Reijn's pa ...

as Prostitute *Frans de Wit as Bartender *Joanne Gomperts as Girl outside hotel

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0158256 1990s Dutch-language films Dutch television films Dutch drama films Dutch comedy films Tragicomedy films 1999 television films 1999 films Films set in 1967 Films set in Amsterdam 1990s comedy albums 1999 comedy-drama films