The gruff Jaap and the demented Maartje travel to a friend who is dying. Driving in their old car with obsolete roadmaps across a completely transformed Europe, he learns to love again, in this tragicomic roadmovie.
Jaap and Maartje have been together for nearly fifty years. While Jaap does not feel like undertaking much anymore, the occasionally rather befuddled Maartje is still full of zest. When the couple receives an unexpected letter from an old holiday friend, Jaap is reluctantly persuaded to pay him a visit in Spain. In their old car, they travel across a completely transformed Europe and make a trip down memory lane. Then, Jaap is upset to realise his wife is growing demented. Now that everything will be different, they learn again why they love each other so dearly.
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Gouden Kalf winner
Beste Hoofdrol Speelfilm (2024)
Leny Breederveld
Beste Speelfilm (2024)
Maarten Kuit
Beste Speelfilm (2024)
Jeroen van den Idsert
Gouden Kalf nominees
Beste Production Design (2024)
Kurt Loyens
Other awards
Gouden Film (100.000 bezoekers speelfilm) (2024)
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