''Mariken'' is a
2000
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Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
Dutch
medieval
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family film directed by
André van Duren
André van Duren (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch film director. He has directed several films which won the Golden Film award for success at the box office.
Career
His 1992 film ''Heading for England'' won the Dutch Film Critics Award at the ...
, from a screenplay written by
Kim van Kooten based on the children's book ''Mariken'' by
Peter van Gestel
Peter van Gestel (3 August 1937, Amsterdam – 1 March 2019, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer.
Career
Writing
Van Gestel made his debut in 1962 with ''Drempelvrees'', a collection of stories. He received the Reina Prinsen Geerligsprijs for ...
, an adaptation of the early sixteenth-century text ''
Mariken van Nieumeghen
''Mariken van Nieumeghen'' ("Mary of Nijmegen") is a miracle play recorded in a Middle Dutch text from the early 16th century. The protagonist Marijke, Mariken of the story spends seven years with the devil, after which she is miraculously relea ...
''. It stars Laurien Van den Broeck as the titular character alongside
Jan Decleir,
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Kim van Kooten and
Ramsey Nasr.
At the
Cinekid Festival, Mariken was the opening film and won the audience award for best youth film.
It also won the audience award at the 2001's
Netherlands Film Festival, and was nominated for
Best Feature Film.
Plot
The story is set in the Middle Ages. Mariken is an
orphan
An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew language, Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless". In some languages ...
who was raised by an old man and his goat in a forest. When the goat dies Mariken decides to go to town and buy a new one. On her way she comes across many people who are either sympathetic to her or want to do her harm...
Cast
* Laurien Van den Broeck as Mariken
*
Jan Decleir as Archibald
*
Willeke van Ammelrooy - Griet
*
Kim van Kooten as Isabella
*
Ramsey Nasr as Joachim
*
Johanna ter Steege as Countess
*
Kees Boot as Dirk
*
Dora van der Groen as Zwarte Weeuw
* Willem Van den Broeck as Rattenjan
* Geert Lageveen as Broeder Willem
References
External links
*
2000 films
2000s Dutch-language films
C-Films films
Dutch children's films
Films set in the Middle Ages
Films directed by André van Duren
Films based on fairy tales
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