Leak (film)

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Leak
Lek
Directed by Jean van de Velde
Written byJean van de Velde
Simon de Waal
Starring Cas Jansen
Ricky Koole
Release date
  • 27 April 2000 (2000-04-27)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch

Leak (Dutch : Lek) is a 2000 Dutch thriller film written and directed by Jean van de Velde. The film was based on the book Sans Racune by ex-police officer Jan van Daalen and on a real-life Dutch police scandal from 1994. [1]

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Plot

Young police office Eddy is requested to turn his childhood friend Jack into a drugs informant. [2]

Cast

Awards

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References

  1. "Filmoverzicht".
  2. "Lek - VPRO Cinema".