Summaries

A mild-mannered gay dentist and a hedonist womanizer rekindle their unlikely friendship when the latter's terminal cancer drives them back together after a decade apart.

Enterprising liberal Jew Simon Cohen is the lawless lord of an Amsterdam neighborhood, running a 'coffee' shop' (legal soft drugs sale). As soon as they bump into each-other, Simon fascinates gay, up to then conventionalist Jewish dentistry student Camiel Vrolijk and draws him into his libertine world, even all the way to Thailand for B-movie making. Having seduced Simon's whorish girl, embarrassed Simon leaves quietly. Ten years later, the dentist, now settled with a gay partner, lawyer Bram, meets the new cancer-terminal but affluent Simon again.—KGF Vissers

Details

Keywords
  • character name as title
  • one word title
  • buddha
  • forename as title
  • child born out of wedlock
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Sep 29, 2004
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-MA
Countries of origin Netherlands
Official sites Official site
Language English German Thai Dutch
Filming locations 57 Van Eeghenstraat, Oud-Zuid, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Production companies Fortissimo Films Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) Spaghetti Film

Box office

Budget $1000000
Gross US & Canada $4055
Opening weekend US & Canada $2453
Gross worldwide $1107774

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 42m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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