De Flat

Last updated

De Flat
Directed by Ben Verbong
Written by Jean van de Velde
Distributed byMeteor
Release date
  • 21 April 1994 (1994-04-21)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch

De Flat is a 1994 Dutch mystery film directed by Ben Verbong.

Contents

Plot summary

Roos Hartman is a young doctor who lives with her son in a large apartment complex. When a fellow tenant is brutally murdered, the police and Hartman's friends suspect her mysterious neighbour, Eric Coenen. As she becomes romantically involved with Coenen, she doubts he would commit such a crime, but soon she begins to investigate the case further and discovers some startling facts relating to his involvement.

Cast

Release

The film opened on 35 screens in the Netherlands and grossed 91,053 guilders ($48,176) in its opening four day weekend, finishing in eighth place at the Netherlands box office. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmanuelle Arsan</span> Thai-French novelist (1932–2005)

Marayat Rollet-Andriane, formerly Marayat Krasaesin or her birthname Marayat Bibidh, known by the pen name Emmanuelle Arsan, was a Thai-French novelist, best known for the novel featuring the fictional character Emmanuelle, a woman who sets out on a voyage of sexual self-discovery under varying circumstances. It was later claimed that the real author of the book was her husband, Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josiane Balasko</span> French actress, writer, and director

Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.

<i>Turkish Delight</i> (1973 film) 1973 Dutch film

Turkish Delight is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers. It is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer in his film debut and Monique van de Ven.

<i>Amateur</i> (1994 film) 1994 film by Hal Hartley

Amateur is a 1994 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn and Damian Young. The story revolves around a former nun who becomes embroiled in pornography, violence and international crime.

<i>Nil by Mouth</i> (film) 1997 film by Gary Oldman

Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama film portraying a family in South East London. It was Gary Oldman's debut as a writer and director, and was produced by Oldman, Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson. It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of Valerie, played by Kathy Burke. The score was composed by Eric Clapton. Oldman dedicated the movie to his father.

<i>Black Book</i> (film) 2006 Dutch film by Paul Verhoeven

Black Book is a 2006 war drama thriller film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman and Halina Reijn. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during World War II after tragedy befalls her in an encounter with the Nazis. The film had its world premiere on 1 September 2006 at the Venice Film Festival and its public release on 14 September 2006 in the Netherlands. It is the first film that Verhoeven made in his native Netherlands since The Fourth Man, made in 1983 before he moved to the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Halina Reijn</span> Dutch actress and filmmaker

Halina Reijn is a Dutch actress, writer and film director.

<i>Of Love and Shadows</i> 1994 film

Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende.

<i>Antonias Line</i> 1995 film

Antonia's Line is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale", tells the story of the independent Antonia who, after returning to the anonymous Dutch village of her birth, establishes and nurtures a close-knit matriarchal community. The film covers a breadth of topics, with themes ranging from death and religion to sex, intimacy, lesbianism, friendship and love.

<i>Lucie Aubrac</i> (film) 1997 French film

Lucie Aubrac is a 1997 French biopic of the World War II French Resistance member Lucie Aubrac. The film starred Carole Bouquet in the title role and was directed by Claude Berri. The story loosely follows the role of Lucie Aubrac and her husband during the Second World War and their parts in the resistance in Lyon. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>Crime on a Summer Morning</i> 1965 film

Crime on a Summer Morning is a 1965 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The film is based on the 1963 novel One Bright Summer Morning written by James Hadley Chase.

The Purse Snatcher is a 1995 Dutch film directed by Maria Peters, based on the book by Mieke van Hooft.

<i>Filmpje!</i> 1995 Dutch film

Filmpje! is a 1995 Dutch comedy film directed by Paul Ruven. It stars Dutch TV presenter and comedian Paul de Leeuw as two of his characters, Bob de Rooy and his wife Annie de Rooy, which were both featured in a lot of his TV sketches. Just like De Leeuw's TV shows the film is full of controversial comedy about taboo subjects. It was the most popular Dutch film of the year.

<i>Texas Chainsaw 3D</i> 2012 film by John Luessenhop

Texas Chainsaw 3D is a 2013 American 3D slasher film directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms.

The Stichting Oud Politieke Delinquenten was a Dutch right-wing organization founded by and for formerly jailed and convicted war criminals, who had collaborated with the German occupiers during World War II. The SOPD was the first and the largest of the collaborationist organizations in the country, "numbering perhaps a hundred former internees."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clara Wichmann</span> German-Dutch anarchist feminist (1885–1922)

Clara Gertrud Wichmann was a German–Dutch lawyer and anarchist feminist activist, who became a leading advocate of criminal justice reform and prison abolition in the Netherlands.

<i>Stricken</i> (2009 film) 2009 Dutch film

Stricken is a 2009 Dutch drama film directed and produced by Reinout Oerlemans and based on the book by the same name by writer Ray Kluun. The film was the highest-grossing Dutch film of the year with a gross of €9.3 million and is one of the 20 most popular Dutch films of all time.

<i>Loft</i> (2010 film) 2010 Dutch film

Loft is a 2010 Dutch crime film directed by Antoinette Beumer. It is a remake of the 2008 Belgian film Loft.

<i>Paris Can Wait</i> 2016 film

Paris Can Wait is a 2016 comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Eleanor Coppola in her narrative directorial debut, as all of her previous directorial efforts had been documentaries and short films. It stars Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin and Arnaud Viard.

<i>Portrait of Petronella Buys</i> 1635 painting by Rembrandt

Portrait of Petronella Buys (1610–1670) is a 1635 portrait painting painted by Rembrandt. It shows a young woman with a very large and impressive millstone collar. It is in a private collection.

References

  1. "International Box Office". Screen International . 29 April 1994. p. 20.