Happy Family (2006)

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...

Directing:
  • Martin Koolhoven

Writing:
  • Maarten Lebens

Stars:
Release Date: 2006-12-14
themoviedb icon 5.6/10
  • Country: NL
  • Language: Nederlands
  • Runtime: 83
  • Budget: $800,000
  • Revenue: $966,214
Write one

Sorry, no results found.