MY GRANDPA, THE BANKROBBER
synopsis
Grace wants to find out everything about her roots and her dark Surinam father, whom she never knew. But nobody wants to tell her anything. Grandpa is the only person who can help, but his memory gets worse every day. Grace tries to do everything she can to bring back his memory and keep him out of the retirement home his family wants to put him in. When they finally decide to travel to Surinam together, they discover that the family has blocked grandpa´s bank account, so Grace and grandpa decide to rob the bank.
international title: | My Grandpa, the Bankrobber |
original title: | Mijn opa de bankrover |
country: | Netherlands |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ineke Houtman |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | NL 09/02/2011 |
screenplay: | Sjoerd Kuyper |
cast: | Zoe van der Kust, Michiel Romeijn, Waldemar Torenstra, Tanja Jess, Loes Haverkort |
cinematography by: | Theo Bierkens |
film editing: | Michiel Reichwein |
art director: | Vincent de Pater |
costumes designer: | Monica Petit |
producer: | Leontine Petit, Joost de Vries |
production: | Lemming Film |
backing: | Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO Fonds, Suppletiefonds, Media Fonds, VPRO, Eurimages, MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | A-Film Distribution |