Little Tony (film)
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| Directed by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Written by | Alex van Warmerdam |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Little Tony (Dutch: Kleine Teun) is a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama directed by Alex van Warmerdam. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Farmer Brand can't read and he is quite happy with that. His wife, Keet, who has to read him all the subtitles on the television, isn't. She decides to hire a teacher for him. This is a beautiful young woman, called Lena. Brand falls in love with her. To his puzzlement and dismay Keet encourages him, because as she says she doesn't want a husband with another woman in his head. She even goes so far as to claim, she's just Brand's sister. She also wants Lena to give Brand and her a son. The love between Brand and Lena does not grow stale as Keet hoped after the birth of little Tony. Keet, who is a barren herself decides Lena has to be eliminated with the arrival of little Tony between them.
Cast
- Alex van Warmerdam ... Brand
- Annet Malherbe ... Keet
- Ariane Schluter ... Lena
- Sebastiaan te Wierik ... Kleine Teun
- Aat Ceelen ... Butcher
- Beppe Costa ... Verger
- Joeri Keyzers ... Baby
- Rick Keyzers ... Baby
- Maike Meijer ... Young Mother
- Thomas Rap ... Man at strawheap
- Hanneke Riemer ... Friend of Lena
- Dolf Sauter ... Priest
- Tomas te Wierk ... Teun
- Houk van Warmerdam ... Acolyte
- Marc van Warmerdam ... Neighbour
- Mees van Warmerdam ... Acolyte
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Little Tony". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-03.