''Memory Lane'' () is a 2024

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film written by Marijn de Wit and co-written and directed by Jelle de Jonge. The film was a big box office hit in

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and was awarded the

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. It was chosen as the Dutch entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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. The film won two Golden Calf awards for

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and best leading role for

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. The winners were announced at the

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Synopsis

Jaap has been together with Maartje for almost 50 years. While the grumpy Jaap is not very keen on doing things anymore, the sometimes slightly confused Maartje is still full of life. When the couple receives a letter from an old holiday friend, Jaap is reluctantly convinced to visit him in Southern Europe. The two travel in their old car through a completely changed Europe; bickering, but also recalling one memory after another. Along the way, Jaap realizes that his wife is suffering from

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Cast

* Leny Breederveld as Maartje * Martin van Waardenberg as Jaap * Janni Goslinga as Jolanda * Trudy de Jong as Corry * Paul R. Kooij as Peter * Annemarie Prins as Jet

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* Dutch comedy-drama films Belgian comedy-drama films 2020s road comedy-drama films Films about dementia 2020s Dutch-language films 2020s Belgian films Dutch FilmWorks films Films scored by Steve Willaert {{2020s-Netherlands-film-stub

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