Melancholy Tales
Film197595 min6.3/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Bas van der Lecq, Nouchka van Brakel, Guido Pieters, Ernie Damen
The story
A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.
Cast & crew
Henny AlmaMoeder van Lenie (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Fien BergheggeVrouw in de bus (segment ''Meneer Frits'')
Jon BlumingJon (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')Jan Dahmen
Jan DahmenJongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')Menno Dijkstra
Menno DijkstraJongen in de kroeg (segment ''Zeeman tussen wal en schip'')
Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Rijk de GooyerPostbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Lex GoudsmitOpa (segment "De smalle oude man")
Joost PrinsenMan van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Wieteke van DortVrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")
Peer MasciniSchoft (segment "De smalle oude man")
Hugo MetsersMeneer Frits (segment ''Meneer Frits'')Explore the crew
- Director
- Bas van der Lecq
- Director
- Nouchka van Brakel
- Director
- Guido Pieters
- Director
- Ernie Damen
- Director of Photography
- Theo van de Sande
- Producer
- Matthijs van Heijningen