Happy Family ('N Beetje Verliefd) 17 years old

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...

Credits

Happy Family Cast

Name Character
Jos van der Donk He was 52, now 70 years old
Tjitske Reidinga She was 34, now 52 years old
Eugene Bervoets He was 50, now 68 years old
Koen van der Donk
Martin Koolhoven He was 37, now 55 years old
Plien van Bennekom She was 35, now 53 years old
Geert de Jong She was 55, now 72 years old
Helmert Woudenberg He was 61, now 79 years old
Yes-R He was 20, now 37 years old
Sanne Vogel She was 22, now 40 years old
Micha Hulshof He was 27, now 44 years old
Luk D'Heu He was 61, now 78 years old
Judith Bovenberg
Ad van Kempen He was 62, now 79 years old
Frieda Pittoors She was 59, now 76 years old

Happy Family Crew

Name Department
Martin Koolhoven as Director. He was 37 (now 55) years old Directing
Maarten Lebens as Writer. Writing
Happy Family (17 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, December 14, 2006
  • Runtime: 83 minutes
  • Budget: 800000.00
  • Revenue: 966214.00