Jan de Bont Movies

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually...

KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell...

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

The work of Leiden professor Bastiaans on dealing with the trauma of war victims attracts the attention of filmmaker Louis van Gasteren. He decides...

A journalist has to interview a blind photographer.

Although it was actually an impersonal commissioned film, the director's style is clearly recognizable. Once again he manages to make something that...

A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for...

The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member...

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things...

This program features the standard mix of movie clips, production materials, and interviews. Cast and crew start at the beginning and discussed the...

Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the...

Joop is sleeping in the apartment of his friend Bernard. He is waken up by a woman who is looking for Bernard. Later they babysit the neighbor's...

Short film, in which three boys want to go swimming on a Sunday afternoon, but one of the three has to look after his baby sister. They decide to...

A worried father tries to end the relationship that his son Andries has with the wife of a wrestler.

Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst.

An iconoclastic first film from the headstrong teenagers of the 1,2,3 Group, who took turns to write, direct, and star in a series of irreverent...

A woman as an object of poetic observation seen through the eager eye of the camera. Cinematic means are used to reflect the moods of women.

A conscript is given leave to visit his wife who has been admitted to hospital after a road accident. Dutch student film in the vein of the French...

A man visits his girlfriend in Amsterdam after the war. He soon finds himself, for inexplicable reasons, in a country house where two women as 'white...