Cloaca (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Writers:

Maria Goos (play)
Maria Goos (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 October 2003 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Four old college friends in their forties come together in a time of trouble and despair. Old joy relives, but the harsh reality of their problems can't satisfy them and eventually endangers their friendships.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | College Friend | Birthday | Drug Addict | Sex

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Peter Blok	...	Tom
Pierre Bokma	...	Pieter
Gijs Scholten van Aschat	...	Joep
Jaap Spijkers	...	Maarten
Elsie de Brauw	...	Conny
Caro Lenssen	...	Laura
Marleen Stolz	...	Helena (as Marleen Stoltz)
Eric Schneider	...	Brest
Genio De Groot	...	Jacques Vermeulen (as Genio de Groot)
Marcel Hensema	...	Lighting designer
Jeroen Spitzenberger	...	Actor in play
Benjamin de Wit	...	Actor in play
Marnix Stassen	...	Percussionist
Dianne Krijnen	...	Colleague
Iwan Walhain	...	Drug courier on moped

Runtime:

Netherlands:108 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch | Russian | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:11 (TV rating) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

IdtV Film & Video Productions

Trivia:

Actors Peter Blok, Pierre Bokma and Gijs Scholten van Aschat and director Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen are real life college friends.

Quotes:

Pieter: I rather, to be honest, want to select something from the nil-depot. That is a cellar under the town-hall where all the more or less written of art is stored. Most is garbage. 800 square metres full of uglyness, that really is bad Tom.

Full characters

Indeed a good movie. I consider this type of miscommunication and arguing a typical dutch movie-subject. The result is often horrible, to my taste. This one is on the good side of the fence and very well acted. What really moved me was how all characters are portrayed as real humans, at least hinting that they have a life off the screen, without having to like them. This I find very rare. Not just the four friends, but the prostitute, the Chinese shop owner and even the hash-selling moped driver is more than just a hash-seller by the few words he speaks (see, I don't even use the word 'dealer'). Regarding the main characters: they do some stupid and horrible things that are not OK. However, the movie shows those characters as a******s, not as villains.