Pim de la Parra

Het geheim van de Saramacca rivier (2007)

University teacher Horatio and his young wife Hortense are so wrapped up in their marital crisis, that they are unaware of the conspiracy unfolding around them. ...

Revelations of an Insomniac (1991)

How to Survive a Broken Heart (1991)

D.C. has been abandoned by his girlfriend Nola, wants to go to Hollywood and participates in 'chicken races' out of desperation and lack of money; a perilous event in which one travels a certain distance on the road by car without stopping. ...

Let the Music Dance (1990)

Composer Adam has to compose a European anthem while a tax inspector gets in his way. ...

The Night of the Wild Donkeys (1990)

A satire about the difficult way films are made in the Netherlands. The focus is on the painstaking way in which aspiring filmmakers, have to see the script in hand, grants and funds available. ...

Max & Laura & Henk & Willie (1989)

The romantic pharmacist Max is in a relationship with Willie and also has a platonic relationship with Laura. The artist Henk is the fourth player in this game of quartets. The foursome is comically torn between the urge for independence and the desire for ...

Lost in Amsterdam (1989)

A tasty, vulgar, low-budget, urban road movie about a satirical drawn art environment with great impromptu renditions and Peter Falk detective pastiche Wingers to lick your thumbs and fingers. The American-Dutch psychiatrist Bold Wasser plays in his role a ...

Odyssey of Love (1987)

Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in th ...

Intoxicated (1986)

Playwright and director Nils Wijn brings his relationship issues to the stage. In his play "The Whore, the Virgin, and the Dying Man," he has his girlfriend Tessa appear in revealing lingerie and takes her to a real prostitute for some practical lessons. T ...

Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination (1985)

The actual life and the fiction created by a successful pulp author begin to blend together. ...

Dirty Picture (1980)

After attending a conference in Calcutta, Colombian optometrist Dr. Ignacio Cosso makes a stopover in Amsterdam on his way back to his home country. Here, he allows himself to be taken through the city by bicycle rickshaw by a seductive woman. During his j ...

One People (1976)

Back in his native Suriname to see his dying mother, an Afro-Surinamese student from the Netherlands' former colony finds himself torn between his Amsterdam-based life with his white Dutch girlfriend and a future in his newly independent homeland when he f ...

Mens erger je niet (1975)

My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie (1975)

Susan has chosen a hermit's life on a dilapidated farm over the shallowness of her previous jet set modeling life. When Anton, a hunky courier, comes along to pick her up for an assignment on the French Riviera, he's so fascinated by Susan's odd assortment ...

Alicia (1974)

Alicia, a bored housewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure. ...

Dakota (1974)

A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air. ...

Frank and Eva (1973)

The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family. ...

VD (1972)

Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he ...

Blue Movie (1971)

25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him. ...

Rubia's Jungle (1970)

A man obsesses over Rubia as the girl of his dreams, but she is lost in a world of her own as she obsesses after a man who doesn't know she exists. ...

Drop-out (1969)

A group of Amsterdam schoolchildren travel through the Netherlands in a wildly painted van. The aim of their journey is to preach rebellion against the education system. With rather vague arguments, they try to persuade other students to go on strike. When ...

Obsessions (1969)

A young medical student observes his neighbour's love life through a hole in his apartment wall. ...

Obsessions (1969)

A hole in the wall of a rented room in Amsterdam is the starting point of this English-language 'sex and suspense mystery', as Pim de la Parra defines his first feature film, inspired by Hitchcock and a variation on the Rear Window theme. The film's event ...

Joop (1969)

Joop tries to tell his friend Loes that he loves her but is repeatedly interrupted. ...

Confessions of Loving Couples (1967)

Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets another woman, but he and Mascha also seem to make amends. These amorous vicissitudes give him inspiration for ...

Joszef Katús's Not Too Fortunate Return to the Land of Rembrandt (1966)

The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April 1966. The arrival of the Provos changed a great deal in the Dutch capital. The film follows Katús, mostly roaming the streets, in a loose documentary sty ...

Heart Beat Fresco (1966)

Nervous poet wrestles with everyday utensils. His clumsy movements also cause trouble in bed. ...

Parradox (2010)

"Pim is more consummate," actress Willeke van Ammelrooy concluded upon seeing Pim de la Parra again in Suriname, at the presentation of the restored version of his film Wan Pipel. This marked the end of her disagreement with the director, which arose durin ...

Hollywood by Bike (1993)

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others. ...

There is no budget like low budget (1993)

The Ditvoorst Domains (1992)

Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst. ...

The Night of the Wild Donkeys (1990)

A satire about the difficult way films are made in the Netherlands. The focus is on the painstaking way in which aspiring filmmakers, have to see the script in hand, grants and funds available. ...

Max & Laura & Henk & Willie (1989)

The romantic pharmacist Max is in a relationship with Willie and also has a platonic relationship with Laura. The artist Henk is the fourth player in this game of quartets. The foursome is comically torn between the urge for independence and the desire for ...

Naked and Lustful (1976)

A wealthy French couple unable to bear children but determined to start a family agree to use an anonymous surrogate . Upon seeking a professional opinion on the matter, the couple is advised to seek out an anonymous surrogate. Though the procedure is a su ...

Mens erger je niet (1975)

Alicia (1974)

Alicia, a bored housewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure. ...

The Burglar (1972)

Burgler and master safe-cracker Glimmie is asked to find a young woman called Fanny by her rich stepfather Van Borsen. However, Glimmie remains suspicious of the man and decides that Fanny has to be protected by him and his pal 'De Bonk'. He is soon proved ...