''Tirza'' is a 2010 Dutch
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Rudolf van den Berg and based on the Dutch
bestseller of the same name by
Arnon Grunberg
Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg (; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been transla ...
. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cast
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Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Jörgen
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Sylvia Hoeks as Tirza
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Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress.
She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in '' The Vanishing'' (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's ''Vincent & Theo'' (1990), István ...
as Alma
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Abbey Hoes
Emily Abigail Ashley Hoes Gauna (born 20 May 1994) is a Dutch film and television actress. She won a Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival and a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her rol ...
as Ibi
* Titia Hoogendoorn as Ester
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Nasrdin Dchar
Nasrdin Dchar (born 5 November 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter.
Career
Dchar has acted in many theatre productions. His first important television appearance was in ''Cut'', a popular youth series of BNN. He is also seen in soa ...
as Choukri
* Keitumetse Matlabo as Kaisa
Production
In retrospect,
Abbey Hoes
Emily Abigail Ashley Hoes Gauna (born 20 May 1994) is a Dutch film and television actress. She won a Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival and a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her rol ...
thinks she "should not have done" some of the nude scenes she has done in the past. "I've been on mokkels.nl since I was fourteen because of my role in the film Tirza." The actress tells in conversation with a magazine that there are people who think that "it's part of the game" if you are an actress. "But I don't think being on a dirty porn site is part of the job. If I had wanted that, I would have become a porn actress."
See also
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References
External links
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2010 films
2010 drama films
Dutch drama films
2010s Dutch-language films
Films set in Namibia
Films directed by Rudolf van den Berg
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