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film, directed by Theo van Gogh, starring

Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and ...

and

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

. The film is about a war correspondent having an interview with a soap opera actress. Katja Schuurman was nominated for a

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for Best Actress at the 2003

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's remake of the same name premiered in 2007. Laurence Postma's

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remake ''

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'' was released in August 2011.

Plot

War correspondent Pierre Peters (

) is sent by the newspaper he works for to interview

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actress Katja (

). The film describes what happens during the

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inside the house of Katja and also what happens right before and after outside the house.

Cast

as Katja *

as Pierre Peters *

Theo Maassen Theodorus Wilhelmus (Theo) Maassen (born 8 December 1966 in Oegstgeest, South Holland) is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in the village of Zijtaart (municipality of Veghel) in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He currently lives in ...

as Theo *

Ellen ten Damme Ellen ten Damme (born 7 October 1967) is a Dutch actress, performer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ten Damme both sings and acts in four languages (Dutch, English, French and German), and plays piano and keyboards, guitar and violin ...

as Ellen *

Michiel de Jong Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname. Given name * Michiel Andrieszoon (died 1684), Dutch pirate * Michiel Bartman (born 1967), Dutch rower *Michiel Borstlap (born 1966), Dutch pianist and compo ...

as a soap opera actor * Tinoes Fenanlamrer as a police officer *

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as a police officer

Background

The idea for the film was from

Hans Teeuwen Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen (born 3 March 1967) is a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker. His work has been described as absurdist, apolitical and confrontational. Dutch career Theatre In the Netherlands, Teeuwen became ...

and the

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was written by

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. Director Theo van Gogh describes in an interview that he had four wishes for the film: "At first the roles of the interviewer and the person being interviewed had to change slightly. I wanted Pierre Bokma for the role of the journalist and three turns in the scenario. And Katja had to win."

References

External links

Official website
* * 2003 films 2003 drama films 2000s Dutch-language films Films directed by Theo van Gogh Dutch drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub