René Retèl

The Glorious Works of G.F. Zwaen (2015)

n the late 90's Amsterdam-based writer Gerard F. Zwaen becomes entangled in a plot involving a drugs trafficker, a dodgy tax inspector and an internal affairs agent. ...

How to Avoid Everything (2014)

A 30-something slacker finds his carefree life turned upside down when he falls for his sister's teenage babysitter. ...

De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (2007)

Hajo wants nothing more than to join captain Bontekoe's crew. His mother, who lost her husband at sea, does everything she can to keep him ashore, but the call of the sea is too strong. Together with Padde and Rolf, he sets sail for the East. ...

Peter Bell (2002)

Peter is a cheerful -- but not very obedient -- boy from a very ordinary family in pre-war Rotterdam. His many pranks amuse some and cause a lot of trouble to others, even making the front pages of the big city newspapers. His growing popularity brings him ...

Little Crumb (1999)

The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him ...

Lily Was Here (1989)

Lily works as a checkout girl at the local supermarket. She becomes pregnant, but before the child is born, the black father is attacked by skinheads and killed. Following his death, she flees to the city, where she soon finds herself under the wings of a ...

Soldiers Without Guns (1985)