''The Marriage Escape'', in nl, De beentjes van Sint-Hildegard (''The Bones of Saint Hildegard'') is a 2020 Dutch film directed by

Johan Nijenhuis Johan Nijenhuis (born 4 March 1968) is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter. Career His 2019 film '' Cuban Love'' (''Verliefd op Cuba'' in Dutch) was his sixth film to win the Platinum Film award. Most of the film was filmed on C ...

. The film is an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film ''

Tiger Theory Tiger Theory ( cs, Teorie tygra) is a 2016 Czech adventure comedy film directed by Radek Bajgar. It is a debut title for Bajgar. It stars Jiří Bartoška and Eliška Balzerová. Plot The life of Veterinary physician, veterinarian Jan Berger is ...

'', and it is the first cinema film predominantly spoken in the

Tweants Tweants (Tweants pronunciation: ; nl, Twents ) is a group of non-standardised, closely related Westphalian, Dutch Low Saxon dialects, descending from Old Saxon. It is spoken daily by approximately 62% of the population of Twente, a region in t ...

variety of

Low Saxon Low Saxon, also known as West Low German ( nds, Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies; nl, Nedersaksisch) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of th ...

, although the title is in Dutch. The film won the

Golden Film The Golden Film ( nl, Gouden Film) is a film award recognizing domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold . The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Fil ...

award after having sold 100,000 tickets and the film also won the Platinum Film award after having sold 400,000 tickets. In total, more than 710,000 tickets were sold and the film became the best visited Dutch film and highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. It was also the third best visited film in the Netherlands in 2020, with ''

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

'' and '' Tenet'' in first and second place respectively. In December 2020, it was announced that ''The Marriage Escape'' was the best Dutch film of 2020 according to the 'Kring van Nederlandse Filmjournalisten', the Dutch organisation for professional film journalists and film critics. In September 2021,

Herman Finkers Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria "Herman" Finkers (; born December 9, 1954) is a Dutch comedian, who is well known in the Netherlands for his friendly, dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of storytelling. In his way of telling a story the ...

received the ''Zilveren Krulstaart'' award for best

screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...

of a 2020 Dutch film. On ''

Koningsdag ''Koningsdag'' () or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. When the Dutch monarch is female, the holi ...

'' 2021, the film premiered on television with 2,500,000 viewers, making it the best viewed film on Dutch television since 2002.

and Leonie ter Braak made their film debut in this film.

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

began in September 2018 and filming took place in

Twente Twente ( nl, Twente , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germ ...

, Belgium and Germany.

References

External links

* 2020 films 2020 comedy-drama films Dutch comedy-drama films 2020s Dutch-language films 2020s German-language films Films directed by Johan Nijenhuis Films shot in the Netherlands Films shot in Belgium Films shot in Germany 2020 multilingual films Dutch multilingual films {{2020s-comedy-film-stub