Summaries

Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek is happy that his father Ali moved to the Netherlands, but the boy has lousy friends who are his partners in crime, and unrealistic expectations at the employment office.

Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek is happy that, unlike his Uncle Yusuf who stayed in the ancestral Moroccan mountain village, his own father Ali moved to the Netherlands. However, the boy has lousy friends, who are his partners in crime (in the legal sense), and unrealistic expectations at the employment office. Even when a relative gets him the office job he claimed to crave in the very bank his mates dream of robbing, he messes it up in a single day and rejoins the louts. Meanwhile, his sister Leila refuses to be married off, and kid brother Driss abuses his father's ignorance of the Dutch language to pretend the school's complaints about him are compliments.—KGF Vissers

Details

Keywords
  • boy
  • father
  • friend
  • happiness
  • netherlands
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Jan 28, 2004
Countries of origin Netherlands
Official sites official website
Language Arabic Dutch
Filming locations Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Production companies Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotional Fund Dutch Film Fund Film Investors Netherlands (FINE)

Box office

Budget $800000
Gross worldwide $2801588

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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