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Fabula

Fabula

Who or what is punishing me?!

20256.52h 5m

Overview

Small-town criminal Jos (55) has, to his great frustration, been completely sidelined. His daughter disrespects him, his wife doesn't trust him, and his friends laugh at him openly. As he scrambles to fix a drug deal that went catastrophically wrong, he desperately searches for an answer to the question: Who or what is punishing me!?

Directed by Michiel ten Horn
Written by Michiel ten Horn
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Top Cast

Fedja van Huêt

Fedja van Huêt

Jos / Peat Cutter / Hay / Rich Man / Buckrider

Sezgin Güleç

Sezgin Güleç

Özgür

Livia Lamers

Livia Lamers

Linda

Michiel Kerbosch

Michiel Kerbosch

Lei

Anniek Pheifer

Anniek Pheifer

Dien / Wife of Hay / Wife of Buckrider

Georg Friedrich

Georg Friedrich

Hendrik

David Kross

David Kross

The Grape

Victor Löw

Victor Löw

Fairground Operator

F

Ferhat Kaplan

Abdul

Yasin Boynuince

Yasin Boynuince

Deniz

Themes & Keywords

small towncriminalfolkloredrug

About Fabula

Fabula is a comedy, crime, fantasy film released in 2025 exploring themes of small town, criminal, folklore, drug. Directed by Michiel ten Horn, it stars Fedja van Huêt, Sezgin Güleç, Livia Lamers. Small-town criminal Jos (55) has, to his great frustration, been completely sidelined. His daughter disrespects him, his wife doesn't trust him, and his friends laugh at him openly. As he scrambles to fix a drug deal that went catastrophically wrong, he desperately searches for an answer to the question: Who or what is punishing me!?

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