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Willem Thijssen
Born January 1, 1947 (age 79)
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Dilemma · 1990Dilemma
★ 10.01990
Movie
She's a lawyer with a social conscience. He's a calculating industrialist who keeps many deals hidden from her. But when she discovers that her husband is involved in illegal arms traffic and is also having an affair with one of her colleagues, a direct confrontation ensues.
Father and Daughter · 2001Father and Daughter
★ 7.52001
MovieAnimationDrama
A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
A Strange Love Affair · 1985A Strange Love Affair
★ 4.21985
MovieRomance
Film professor Michael falls in love with one of his students and is confronted with his pupil's father, with whom he had an affair over 15 years ago. This unexpected meeting abruptly overturns the lives of all the characters. When the tutor decides to undertake a planned trip to London, not with the son but with the father, he is once again forced to choose; this time between his wife and his friend.
Paniekzaaiers · 1986Paniekzaaiers
★ 5.81986
MovieComedy
Gaston and Leo are active in Antwerp's motorbike brigade. But the two are demoted to simple neighbourhood cops. When they track down a dangerous woman kidnapper and his accomplice, the pair soon find themselves back in favour. Before they can complete their sleuthing, they must escape the attentions of their wives.
Whitey · 1980Whitey
★ 5.11980
MovieDrama
The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.
Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales · 1991Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales
★ 5.71991
MovieDrama
Set on the eve of World War I, this poetic coming-of-age drama follows Elias, a sensitive twelve-year-old dreamer living on an isolated country estate. Raised by an eccentric, overprotective family detached from reality, Elias finds refuge in nature and his vivid imagination to escape his internal struggles. His fragile childhood bubble is shattered when he learns he will soon be sent away to a strict boarding school. During his final summer at home, Elias experiences a bittersweet emotional awakening shaped by three relatives: his older cousin and close companion Aloysius, his young cousin Hermine, who harbors a subtle infatuation for him, and his beautiful, melancholic Aunt Henriette, who serves as a dramatic muse. Based on Maurice Gilliams’ modernist classic, the film is a nostalgic, melancholic portrait of a boy forced to leave his idyllic fantasies behind and face the adult world.
Hollywood by Bike · 1993Hollywood by Bike
★ 7.01993
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.
Get Real! · 2010Get Real!
★ 7.02010
MovieAnimation
A high school student is addicted to a computer game in which he protects a sexy female mega singer against all kinds of attacks. When reality starts to interfere with scoring love in the game, a choice must be made.
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