Happy Family (2006)
Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...
Director: Martin Koolhoven
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Ad van Kempen as Thijs |
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Geert de Jong as Jackie |
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Yes-R as Omar |
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Tjitske Reidinga as Aafke |
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Plien van Bennekom as Vonne |
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Sabri Saad El-Hamus as Tarik |
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Fatma Genç as Meral |
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Sadik Eksi as Erhan |
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Luk D'Heu as Jeff |
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Frieda Pittoors as Maria |
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Gene Bervoets as Guy |
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Helmert Woudenberg as Dokter Nico |
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Yahya Gaier as Ab |
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Sedat Mert as Adem |
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Juliette de Wijn as Directrice bejaardenflat |
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Jos van der Donk as Hielke |
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Koen van der Donk as Sietse |
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Micha Hulshof as Sander |
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Sanne Vogel as Vrouw markt |
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Judith Bovenberg as Jorien |
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Jacques D'Ancona as Self |
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Martin Koolhoven as Vriend Sander |
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Ria Keereweer as Mechtild |
| Directing | Martin Koolhoven | Director |
| Writing | Maarten Lebens | Writer |
| Production | Wilant Boekelman | Producer |
| Production | Jan van der Zanden | Producer |
| Sound | Martijn Schimmer | Music |
| Sound | Yesser Roshdi | Music |
| Editing | Job ter Burg | Editor |
| Crew | Menno Westendorp | Cinematography |
