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Stricken

Stricken

Would you cheat on your partner when they needed you most?

20095.91h 45m

Overview

Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked

Directed by Reinout Oerlemans
Written by Kluun, Gert Embrechts
Produced by Reinout Oerlemans, Hans de Weers
Box OfficeBudget: $4.0M0

Top Cast

Barry Atsma

Barry Atsma

Stijn

Carice van Houten

Carice van Houten

Carmen

Anna Drijver

Anna Drijver

Roos

Jeroen Willems

Jeroen Willems

Frenk

Sacha Bulthuis

Sacha Bulthuis

Doctor Scheltema

Pierre Bokma

Pierre Bokma

GP Doctor

Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Doctor Jonkman

Walid Benmbarek

Walid Benmbarek

Ramon

Yfke Wegman

Yfke Wegman

Luna (6 y/o)

I

Isabelle Moerman

Luna (3 y/o)

Themes & Keywords

losscancercheat on wife

About Stricken

Stricken is a drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of loss, cancer, cheat on wife. Directed by Reinout Oerlemans, it stars Barry Atsma, Carice van Houten, Anna Drijver. Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked

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