Gerard Cox
Nacimiento : 1940-03-06, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Pleun from Rotterdam has been running Casa Coco, a guest house for reflection and rest on Bonaire, for years. The Rotterdam people from her own circle of acquaintances like to come over for a wonderful holiday together. This autumn, Pleun's childhood sweetheart Toon comes along with a befriended couple after his wife announces she wants to divorce him, to make him forget his problems under the Antillean sun. The two ex-lovers have not seen each other for years. Because Pleun left Toon out of the blue fifty years ago and went to Bonaire, Toon falls back from one problem to another.
Father Monique and Sam
Monique, una cirujana cardiovascular de 39 años, tiene solo un enfoque en la vida: su carrera médica. Todo lo demás es secundario para ella. Incluso encuentra que encontrar pareja es una pérdida de tiempo. Más adelante, la llegada del extrovertido Max, un nuevo vecino que se ha mudado al barrio, hace que surja una amistad especial que permite a Monique darse cuenta de que la vida no tiene que dedicar únicamente a su carrera médica.
Jaap Kooijman
The Dutch football team has just released the heroic World Cup final lost to archrival West Germany. The whole country is in mourning and Jaap Kooijman throws out of sheer frustration the brand new TV out the window. This event is the prelude to an equally comical , exciting and touching family film.
Uncle Cor
Rotterdam, mayo de 1940. El joven panadero (y aspirante a boxeador) Vicente de Graaf conoce por casualidad a la rica Eva von Heerle. Ella es hija de notables refugiados de Alemania. Está a punto de contraer matrimonio con el rico industrial Dirk Lagerwaard. Vicente quiere ir a Estados Unidos para encontrar una cura para su hermano enfermo. Los dos se enamoran cuando las tropas alemanas invaden Holanda, pero sólo un milagro podrá unirlos. O el destino...
A documentary on Heinz Hermann Polzer, better known under his pseudonym Drs. P. Polzer was a Swiss singer-songwriter, poet, and prose writer in the Dutch language. His oeuvre consists mainly of macabre novelty songs, with dry humour, surprising twists and an exceptionally inventive and virtuoso use of the Dutch language. Polzer sang his lyrics with a distinctive shaky voice, while accompanying himself on the piano.
Himself
VARA exists 80 years! We celebrate this with the DVD you have in your hands. About 5 hours top entertainment from VARA's entertainment cabinet. Fragments that will take you from 1958 to now. You still remember Dorus with his mouse trap? Or the "Kopspijkers" cabaret with the song "One Day Fly", Theo Maassen with his farewell speech of Henk van den Tillaart or Harry Vermegen and Henk Spaan with Popie Jopie? That's all on this DVD, and more!
Pieter Paternoster
Two friends meet again in the autumn of their lives. They have not seen each other for years, but soon find their renewed friendship put to the test when one of them falls ill and the other loses his newfound love.
When Eva no longer finds satisfaction in her relationship with Hans, her phobias reappear. Through Hans' former colleague Jack she learns to deal with her fears, the hard way.
Hugo
The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.
Himself
A 45-minute absurdist musical special built around the works of Dutch writer Gerard Reve and presented by the man himself. Featuring poems, songs, sketches, alcohol, tango and a rather special donkey.