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Little Tony (film)

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Kleine Teun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex van Warmerdam
Written byAlex van Warmerdam
Produced by
  • Marc van Warmerdam
  • Ton Schippers
  • Alex van Warmerdam
Starring
CinematographyMarc Felperlaan
Edited byStefan Kamp
Music byAlex van Warmerdam
Production
company
Graniet Film
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Little Tony (Dutch: Kleine Teun) is a 1998 Dutch comedy drama film written and directed by Alex van Warmerdam. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

In a review for Variety, David Rooney called the film "[a] droll comedy", but also mentioning that its "both blacker and more tightly focused".[2]

Plot

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Farmer Brand can't read and he is quite happy with that. His wife, Keet, who has to read him all the subtitles on the television, isn't. She decides to hire a teacher for him. This is a beautiful young woman, called Lena. Brand falls in love with her. To his puzzlement and dismay Keet encourages him, because as she says she doesn't want a husband with another woman in his head. She even goes so far as to claim, she's just Brand's sister. She also wants Lena to give Brand and her a son. The love between Brand and Lena does not grow stale as Keet hoped after the birth of little Tony. Keet, who is a barren herself decides Lena has to be eliminated with the arrival of little Tony between them.

Cast

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  • Alex van Warmerdam as Brand
  • Annet Malherbe as Keet
  • Ariane Schluter as Lena
  • Sebastiaan te Wierik as Kleine Teun
  • Aat Ceelen as Butcher
  • Beppe Costa as Verger
  • Joeri Keyzers as Baby
  • Rick Keyzers as Baby
  • Maike Meijer as Young Mother
  • Thomas Rap as Man at strawheap
  • Hanneke Riemer as Friend of Lena
  • Dolf Sauter as Priest
  • Tomas te Wierk as Teun
  • Houk van Warmerdam as Acolyte
  • Marc van Warmerdam as Neighbour
  • Mees van Warmerdam as Acolyte

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Little Tony". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Rooney, David (18 March 1998). "Little Tony". Variety.
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