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Happy Family

User Score10 votes
56%5.6/10
Release2006
Runtime1H 23M
LanguageDutch
StatusReleased

Synopsis

Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...

Principal Cast8

Full Cast & Crew (24)

Media1

Backdrops

Happy Family backdrop 1

Director

Martin Koolhoven

Martin Koolhoven

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Box Office

Budget$1M
Revenue$1M

External Links

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Countries:Netherlands
Production:Max TVWaterland FilmRevolver Amsterdam