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Completed - DUTCH - Family - 94 minutes

Log Line

Against the provincial background of WWII, Tuur's trust in best friend Lambert is tested when both boys befriend Maartje. The revelation of Maartje's secret endangers their lives and friendship.
(Sales: Sola Media)

Previous markets

  • Toronto 2014 (Debut)
  • AFM 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Dennis BOTS
Writer(s) : Karen VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN
Cast : Eva DUIJVESTEIN, Loek PETERS, Nils VERKOOIJEN, Stefan DE WALLE

Producer(s) : Harro VAN STAVERDER (Bijker Film & TV), Reinier SELEN (Rinkel Film)

Synopsis

How strong is friendship in difficult times?
The friendship between Tuur and Lambert (12) is challenged when Maartje, a Jewish girl in hiding, joins their class and only confides in Tuur, who has just found out his father is a member of the resistance, while Lambert's father is a Nazi collaborator. Feeling excluded, Lambert tells a seemingly harmless secret…A gripping story of how war can separate friends and challenge humanity, told through the eyes of 12-year old best friends who find themselves between the lines in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Production

Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS

ESTONIA ESTINFILM
GERMANY SCHLINGEL - IFF
GERMANY PLAION PICTURES
NORWAY NORSK FILMKLUBB
USA FILM MOVEMENT


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