<strong>De vlinder tilt de kat op</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/willeke-van-ammelrooy?film=de-vlinder-tilt-de-kat-op', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Willeke van Ammelrooy' });" text="Willeke van Ammelrooy">Willeke van Ammelrooy</a>, 1994<br>Short<br> <strong>De vlinder tilt de kat op</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/willeke-van-ammelrooy?film=de-vlinder-tilt-de-kat-op', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Willeke van Ammelrooy' });" text="Willeke van Ammelrooy">Willeke van Ammelrooy</a>, 1994<br>Short<br> <strong>De vlinder tilt de kat op</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/willeke-van-ammelrooy?film=de-vlinder-tilt-de-kat-op', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Willeke van Ammelrooy' });" text="Willeke van Ammelrooy">Willeke van Ammelrooy</a>, 1994<br>Short<br> <strong>De vlinder tilt de kat op</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/willeke-van-ammelrooy?film=de-vlinder-tilt-de-kat-op', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Willeke van Ammelrooy' });" text="Willeke van Ammelrooy">Willeke van Ammelrooy</a>, 1994<br>Short<br>

De vlinder tilt de kat op

 (The Butterfly Lifts up the Cat)
Feature about a young man who leaves his girlfriend when he hears he is suffering from the debilitating disease of multiple sclerosis. In the years that ensue, the man slowly loses more and more control of his muscles and has plenty of time to wallow in self-pity. When years later his ex-girlfriend looks him up with the news that he is the father of her ten-year-old son, it looks as if he may have a new life. The man very gradually starts to understand the wisdom of an old Sherpa saying he once heard in the Himalayas. `The mountain is heavy, but the butterfly lifts the cat.' In other words, something that looks difficult doesn't necessarily have to be difficult.
Production year1994
Length105 minutes
Production countryNetherlands
DirectorWilleke van Ammelrooy
ProducerWilleke van Ammelrooy
ProducerJos van der Linden
ScenarioWilleke van Ammelrooy
ScenarioCarel Donck
ScenarioSander Vos
CameraEddy van der Enden
Production DesignRuud van Dijk
Set GeluidAlex Booy
EditorDenise Janzee
MuziekMaarten Hartveldt
Production companyStichting de Vlinder
Cast
Marjolein Beumer, Rik Launspach, Jules Croiset, Arjan Kindermans, Joost van Hezik, Duco Luitse, Karla Wieringa, Josée Ruiter, Marnix Kappers, Jolanda Zwartjes