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One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets Diego, a wealthy charming Spanish surgeon, and falls in love with him. Diego lives with his sick, domineering sister, Teresa. To Jacob's astonishment, Marie wants to marry Diego. Even after the wedding has taken place, jealous Jacob tries to get his sister away from Diego. When this doesn't succeed, Jacob starts to provoke his brother-in-law. It soon transpires that no one will go unpunished for this.Read moreLess
One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets Diego, a wealthy charming Spanish surgeon, and falls in love with him. Diego lives with his sick, domineering sister, Teresa. To Jacob's astonishment, Marie wants to marry Diego. Even after the wedding has taken place, jealous Jacob tries to get his sister away from Diego. When this doesn't succeed, Jacob starts to provoke his brother-in-law. It soon transpires that no one will go unpunished for this.
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One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets Diego, a wealthy charming Spanish surgeon, and falls in love with him. Diego lives with his sick, domineering sister, Teresa. To Jacob's astonishment, Marie wants to marry Diego. Even after the wedding has taken place, jealous Jacob tries to get his sister away from Diego. When this doesn't succeed, Jacob starts to provoke his brother-in-law. It soon transpires that no one will go unpunished for this.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Halina ReijnMarie
Jacob DerwigJacob
Teresa BerganzaMother
Johan LeysenFather
Jaap SpijkersHoerenloper
Kees PrinsDronken Man
Frank LammersBoer
Annet MalherbeBoerin
Laura CepedaDolores
Lola PenoWoman on balcony
Fernando MoraledaMan on balcony
Ulises DumontLuisExplore the crew
- Director
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Director of Photography
- Tom Erisman
- Writer
- Otakar Votoček
- Writer
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Editor
- Stefan Kamp
- Editor
- Job ter Burg
- Producer
- Alex van Warmerdam
- Producer
- Ton Schippers
- Producer
- Marc van Warmerdam
- Original Music Composer
- Alex van Warmerdam