''Gooische Vrouwen'' (English title: ''Vipers Nest'') is a 2011

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film. It is based on the television series ''

Gooische Vrouwen ''Gooische Vrouwen'' is a Dutch comedy-drama series, created by Linda de Mol for her brother John de Mol's TV network Tien in 2005, along the lines of Desperate Housewives or Sex and the City. After the show's second season, its original chann ...

''. After the creators announced that the fifth season of the series would be the last, they revealed on 7 November 2009 that they were working on a film adaptation. It earned more than 41.7 million Euro in the box office. The sequel '' Gooische Vrouwen 2'' became the best-visited film in the Netherlands in 2014.

Plot

The film follows the four main characters from the TV series. Cheryl catches her husband cheating on her, Anouk half-accidentally commits art fraud, Claire leaves her fiancé at the altar, and Roelien fights with her family because of her pro-environment views. To escape from all this, they decide to attend a self-help seminar in a French castle. When this turns out to not help them at all, they then go shopping in

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. Meanwhile, their husbands' lives become a mess and they miss their wives so much. After a tearful call from Cheryl's husband, the wives decide it's time to come back home.

Cast

Linda de Mol Linda Margaretha de Mol (born 8 July 1964) is a Dutch television presenter and actress in the Netherlands and Germany. She is the sister of TV-producer and Endemol co-founder John de Mol, and has frequently appeared in productions of his. She ...

as Cheryl Morero *

Susan Visser Susan Visser (born 15 October 1965) is a Dutch film actress. She has appeared in more than forty films and television shows since 1990. She is best known for her role as Anouk Verschuur in Gooische Vrouwen ''Gooische Vrouwen'' is a Dutch com ...

as Anouk Verschuur *

Tjitske Reidinga Tjitske Jacoba Reidinga (born 20 February 1972) is a Dutch actress and comedian. Reidinga began her career on stage and acted in numerous plays. She won a Colombina award for her role in ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' in 2002. She made her ...

as Claire van Kampen *

Lies Visschedijk Lies Visschedijk (born 14 January 1974) is a Dutch actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1974 births Living people Dutch film actresses Dutch television actres ...

as Roelien Grootheeze *

Peter Paul Muller Peter Paul Muller (born 30 May 1965) is a Dutch actor and voice actor. In 2017, Muller won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role as South African lawyer Bram Fischer in the film ''Bram Fischer''. Career Television Muller made h ...

as Martin Morero * Leopold Witte as Evert Lodewijkx * Daniël Boissevain as Tom Blaauw *

Derek de Lint Dick Hein "Derek" de Lint (; born 17 July 1950) is a Dutch film and television actor, known for playing the role of Derek Rayne in '' Poltergeist: The Legacy''. Life and career Dick Hein de Lint was born on 17 July 1950 in The Hague in the N ...

as Dr. Ed Rossi * Marcel Musters as Dirk Stubbe * Alex Klaasen as Yari *

Beppie Melissen Beppie Melissen (born 26 May 1951) is a Dutch actress. She won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award for her role in the 2019 drama film '' Romy's Salon''. Career Melissen is known for her role of Cor Hogenbirk in the television series ''Go ...

as Cor Hogenbirk *

Koen Wauters Koen Maria Gaston Wauters (born 17 September 1967) is a Belgian singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver. Biography Koen Wauters was born in Halle in 1967. Together with his three ...

as Jean-Philippe *

Loes Luca Louise "Loes" Diana Wilhelmina Catharina Luca (born 18 October 1953) is a Dutch actress, singer and comedian. She began her career in the 1980s as a stage actress and singer in various musicals. She later started a successful film and television c ...

as Barbara * Maike Meijer as Fay * Mea de Jong as Merel van Kampen * Lisa Bouwman as Vlinder Blaauw * Priscilla Knetemann as Louise Lodewijkx * Dorus Witte as Annabel Lodewijkx

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was released by

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References

External links

* * {{imdb title, 1700423 2011 films 2010s Dutch-language films Dutch comedy-drama films Films based on television series Films set in the Netherlands Films set in France Films directed by Will Koopman Independent Films (company) films