Director
Jeroen Krabbé
Composer
Henny Vrienten
Cast
Stephen Fry, Greg Wise, Flora Montgomery, Neil Newbon
Edition 2001
120'
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2001
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Fantasy, Drama
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Dialogue:
English
God is fed up with mankind and charges an angel with the task of retrieving his Commandments. The angel arranges for two men, Onno and Max, to befriend each other and a young cello-player named Ada. During the course of a wild visit to Cuba both Onno and Max make love to Ada. She becomes pregnant and although each man assumes he is the father, she marries Onno. A month before the child is due, Ada has a car accident and falls into a coma. A few weeks later a son, Quinten, is born and he is raised by Max and Ada’s mother Sophia. When Quinten is sixteen, his father leaves the country without leaving a trace. Having tracked him down to Rome, Quinten surmises that the Ten Commandments are hidden in a secret room. Onno and Quinten steal them and flee to Israel where the boy is overtaken by the urge to return the tablets to their historical resting place, the Golden Temple in Jerusalem. Sensing a lurking danger, Onno tries to stop his son…
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Credits
Directors
Jeroen Krabbé
Composers
Henny Vrienten
Cast
Stephen Fry, Greg Wise, Flora Montgomery, Neil Newbon
Scenario
Edwin de Vries
Director of Photography
Theo Bierkens
Editors
Kant Pan
Producers
Ate de Jong, Edwin de Vries, Jeroen Krabbé
More info
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
The Netherlands, United Kingdom
Screenplay based on
De ontdekking van de hemel (Harry Mulisch)
Year
2001