Jaap van Heusden

Jaap van Heusden
Total Credits at Criticker: 6 (Director), 4 (Writer)
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Win/win
A playful 'nobody' at a famous investment bank becomes a successful trader overnight. As he's gradually becoming estranged from himself, he still seems unable to lose. (imdb)
De Nieuwe Wereld
A chance meeting between a Dutch cleaner and an African asylum seeker leads to an unexpected relationship and two extraordinary weeks.
In Blue
A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.
Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld
This film about the special friendship between Tom and Lukas starts when Tom hears that he has only three months left to live. The resistance of the two humorous boys against death leads to various light-hearted and absurd situations. As Tom's health rapidly declines, Lukas decides to tell their story. In ribbons the episodes he finds important drift by. The right title is easily found: A Complicated Story, Simply Told.
Het laatste verhoor
Two Dutch detectives interview a boy who may have returned from Syria to the Netherlands: is he a terrorist or not? Should they hold him or let him go? Time is running out.
The Man from Rome
Follows Filippo, a skeptical Catholic priest who becomes attracted and unsettled by a mute young woman, and gets entangled in a series of apparently miraculous events that undermine his vocation.