The Marriage Escape

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The Marriage Escape
De beentjes van sinthildegard.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Johan Nijenhuis
Written byHerman Finkers
Produced by
  • Johan Nijenhuis
  • Ingmar Menning
Starring
CinematographyMaarten van Keller
Edited byBas Icke
Music by Martijn Schimmer
Production
companies
Distributed bySeptember Film Distribution
Release date
  • 13 February 2020 (2020-02-13)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Languages
Box office$7,7 million [1] [2]

The Marriage Escape (Dutch : De Beentjes van Sint-Hildegard is a 2020 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Johan Nijenhuis. The film is an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory , and it is the first cinema film predominantly spoken in the Tweants variety of Low Saxon, although the title is in Dutch. [3] [4]

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The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets and the film also won the Platinum Film award after having sold 400,000 tickets. [5] [6] In total, more than 710,000 tickets were sold and the film became the best visited Dutch film and highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. [7] [8] It was also the third best visited film in the Netherlands in 2020, with 1917 and Tenet in first and second place respectively. [7]

In December 2020, it was announced that The Marriage Escape was the best Dutch film of 2020 according to the 'Kring van Nederlandse Filmjournalisten', the Dutch organisation for professional film journalists and film critics. [9] In September 2021, Herman Finkers received the Zilveren Krulstaart award for best screenplay of a 2020 Dutch film. [4]

On Koningsdag 2021, the film premiered on television with 2,500,000 viewers, making it the best viewed film on Dutch television since 2002. [10]

Herman Finkers and Leonie ter Braak made their film debut in this film. [11] [12] Principal photography began in September 2018 and filming took place in Twente, Belgium and Germany. [12] [13]

Plot

Cast

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Marriage Escape". The Numbers . Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Succes-regisseur Johan Nijenhuis toont durf met film in 't Twents". destentor.nl (in Dutch). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Herman Finkers krijgt prijs voor scenario van hitfilm De Beentjes". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 25 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Platina Film voor DE BEENTJES VAN SINT-HILDEGARD". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Herman Finkers en Carice van Houten genomineerd voor Gouden Kalf". NU.nl (in Dutch). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Film Facts & Figures of the Netherlands, Summer 2021" (PDF). Nederlands Filmfonds. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Pedd, Jim (30 December 2020). "Dit zijn de tien best verdienende Nederlandse films van 2020". FilmTotaal (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Babyteeth en Sint-Hildegard beste bioscoopfilms volgens recensenten". NOS (in Dutch). 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Herman Finkers-film verslaat alle concurrentie op Koningsdag". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Leonie ter Braak maakt speelfilmdebuut als dochter Herman Finkers" [Leonie ter Braak makes film debut as daughter Herman Finkers]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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