How to Avoid Everything

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How to Avoid Everything
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Directed by Michiel ten Horn
Starring Gijs Naber
Yannick van de Velde
Release date
  • 30 September 2014 (2014-09-30)(NFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

How To Avoid Everything (Dutch : Aanmodderfakker) is a 2014 Dutch comedy film directed by Michiel ten Horn. [1] The film won 3 Golden Calves for Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Naber) and Best Screenplay. [2]

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Plot

Thijs, an immature man in his thirties, refuses to grow up and lives the life of a student. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. "Aanmodderfakker (Film, 2014) - MovieMeter.nl".
  2. "Filmoverzicht".
  3. "Aanmodderfakker - VPRO Cinema".