Alex Klaasen
Nacimiento : 1976-05-22, Oirschot, Netherlands
TV recording of the hommage to the Dutch lyricist Jurrian van Dongen. Van Dongen wrote countless song lyrics for theater and television. He has been writing for the children's program Het Klokhuis for decades. He also writes for theater programs by Wende Snijders, Jenny Arean, Paul de Leeuw, Alex Klaasen and many others. In addition, he was a teacher at a cabaret academy for a new generation of lyricists.
Dog Trainer / Boer Jan / Willem Braad (voice)
Cuando Babs, una niña de 9 años, recibe a un cerdito llamado Oink como regalo por parte de su abuelo, convence a sus padres de quedárselo con la condición de que siga un adiestramiento para cachorros. El cerdito cambiará su vida y la de todos en su familia hasta que las cosas empiezan a complicarse de manera inesperada cuando descubre que sus padres no son la mayor amenaza para Oink.
A video-registration of the revue/cabaret show 'Showponies 2' by the Alex Klaasen Revue. In this sequel to the first Showponies-show, Alex Klaassen explores to what extent he cares about what (the still quite heteronormative) society thinks. Klaassen considers coming out for a second time, because he feels like he has ended up in a second closet after his first coming out.
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A video-registration of the revue/cabaret show 'Showponies 2' by the Alex Klaasen Revue. In this sequel to the first Showponies-show, Alex Klaassen explores to what extent he cares about what (the still quite heteronormative) society thinks. Klaassen considers coming out for a second time, because he feels like he has ended up in a second closet after his first coming out.
Alex / Others
The critically acclaimed Dutch theatre show filmed live on stage. This fabulous and hilarious modern revue tackles themes such as pornography, dating apps, homosexuality and ponycamps in a uniquely musical way.
Christmas is celebrated with the people you love. Right? In De Grote Hummimummi Kerstspecial Hummimummi wants to film a karaoke special, together with his best friend Oessiepoessie, but Oessiepoessie is lovesick and does not want to. They fight and each decide to make their own Christmas show. It ends in a battle, when both of them acquire the help of the best singer of The Netherlands. Will Hummimummi and Oessiepoessie unite before Christmas?
Boudewijn Goudemondt
Two brothers get caught up in a bitter battle for honor when they attempt to save their ailing publishing company by having an uncultured but attractive woman pose as the author of an unknown talent's literary masterpiece.
Mi Tong / Reus / Lakei
When Claire returns from Burkina Faso, she is totally transformed and her girlfriends barely recognize her. Cheryl discovers Martin is cheating on her yet again and for her, this time it's the last straw: she files for divorce. Anouk, also unhappy with her love life, threatens to develop an eating disorder. Roelien, however, accepts Evert's wedding proposal. Then, a fatal and thoroughly bizarre accident transports the girlfriends to the snowy mountaintops of Austria...
Harm Jan
Soof is reaching 40 and has everything she ever wanted: three children, a small catering business, a sweet husband Kasper and a lovely home. Until she starts asking herself: 'is this all there is'?
Bertie
Chez Nous es el nombre un bar gay de Amsterdam, Holanda, el cual está muy endeudado, lo que significará su próximo cierre. En este bar Bertie es la draq queen más querida, mientras que Adje el propietario atraviesa una grave crisis económica que le impide afrontar nuevos pagos de su local. Para salvar el bar, un grupo de gays idea un plan, que consiste en robar un collar de diamantes de un museo de alta seguridad, durante el Desfile del Orgullo LGBT.
Johan
Fred (Ton Kas, De Ontmaagding van Eva van End, Plan C) es un hombre muy religioso que vive una vida solitaria desde la muerte de su esposa y la posterior expulsión de su único hijo. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando llega a su vida Theo (René van 't Hof, Alles is familia, Alfie, el pequeño hombre lobo), un hombre adulto con una edad mental de un niño de 5 años. Es entonces cuando Fred vuelve a sentí lo que es ser padre. No obstante, ambos tienen secretos y remordimientos sobre cosas que les han pasado en la vida.
Paris
A collection of classic fairy tales such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, with a nod and a wink to contemporary times. The film offers characters such as the 'ugly sisters' Paris and Hilton, an updated relationship between Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf, homosexuality and corny humor. Also musical scenes in which the characters sing the songs of current pop artists as well as many popular Dutch hits.
Himself
In Eindelijk Alleen, een tragikomische one-man-show over eenlingen, zingt typeur Alex Klaasen onder andere een schizofreniemusical, een ode aan de drol en een verkrachting van een 'kinderen voor kinderen' klassieker.
Yoto
A modern fairytale about ordinary feelings and extraordinary events. Aafke and Thalia are both 30 years old when they meet each other in a shoe shop. They both return there after having accidentally left the shop with each other’s new shoes. They spontaneously decide to trade lives with each other for 24 hours. Both are frustrated with their own lives and looking for the greener grass on the other side of the fence - only to arrive at the conclusion that the grass is always greener until you see it from close by…
Ugly Boy
Gorgeous Dutch youngster Max has two passions, acting and girls. The first becomes his brilliant career, which takes off so well he gets invited to a prestigious New York theatre course for a year. But since he met fickle bitch Phileine in an Utrecht park, his flirting life is cut short while she cruelly plays with his feelings rather then his horny body. After refusing to follow him, she turns up uninvited later and still acts jealous and possessive. Grief follows for everyone, working up to a convoluted finale.
Ali
Marian and Ido are married and have a 16-year-old daughter, Pinkie. Marian and Ido's marriage has become boring. Ido is a conservative and neat furniture manufacturer, but secretly starts a relationship with the beautiful Emma, his secretary. When Marian discovers this, she offers him a choice: stay with her or move on with Emma. Ido cannot make this choice, so Marian throws him out. Ido moves in with Ida, but continues to interfere intensively with Pinkie, who to his horror becomes friends with Wim, one of his Turkish workers.
Himself