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Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent Moroccan grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. (imdb)

Sarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual. Wilbert, a chubby middle aged architect, leaves a message that he is Thomas, 32 and well formed. A week later, she phones. She likes his voice, he likes her laugh, so once a week she phones him (he's not to know her last name, where she lives, or her number). Portraits emerge of humor and sadness.

A teenager struggling with his gender attempts to reconcile with his identity.

When Marius retires, his son drops his father in a home for the elderly. Marius has too much energy to accept the rules of the institute's management. Marius and other oldies lock horns with management.

Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.

"Russen" is a Dutch police series produced by KRO that was first aired in 2000. In 2004, after the fifth season, a total of 42 episodes of the series were produced. The episodes of "Russen" were written by a team of writers, including Dick van den Heuvel, Simon de Waal, Stan Lapinski, and Addy Weijers. Various directors were involved in the production, but the majority of the episodes were created by Pollo de Pimentel and Anne van der Linden. Other directors such as Danniel Danniel, Casper Ve

Jacky (Fow Pyng Hu) is a carefree 25-year-old second-generation child of Chinese immigrants who suddenly faces the tradition of having to marry a woman from China. (Eye Film Museum)