''Tirza'' is a 2010 Dutch

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written and directed by

Rudolf van den Berg Rudolf van den Berg (; born 6 January 1949) is a Dutch writer and director. Van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over thirty years now. Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg's work has always ...

, based on the Dutch

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of the same name by

Arnon Grunberg Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg (; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been transl ...

. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the

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at the

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but it didn't make the final shortlist.

Plot

Cast

Gijs Scholten van Aschat Gijs Scholten van Aschat (born 16 September 1959) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1980. He is the father of Reinout Scholten van Aschat. Selected filmography References External links * Gijs Scholten ...

as Jörgen *

Sylvia Hoeks Sylvia Hoeks (; born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch actress and former model, best known internationally for her roles in ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and '' The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (2018). Early life and education Hoeks was raised in Maarheez ...

as Tirza *

Johanna ter Steege Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress. Career She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in '' The Vanishing'' (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's '' Vincent & Theo'' (1990), ...

as Alma *

Abbey Hoes Emily Abigail Ashley Hoes Gauna (born 20 May 1994) is a Dutch film and television actress. She won a Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival and a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role ...

as Ibi * Titia Hoogendoorn as Ester *

Nasrdin Dchar Nasrdin Dchar (born 5 November 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter. Career Dchar has acted in theatre productions. His first important television appearance was in ''Cut'', a youth series of BNN. He is also seen in soap opera ''On ...

as Choukri * Keitumetse Matlabo as Kaisa

Production

In retrospect,

thinks she "should not have done" some of the nude scenes she has done in the past. "I've been on mokkels.nl since I was fourteen because of my role in the film Tirza." The actress tells in conversation with a magazine that there are people who think that "it's part of the game" if you are an actress. "But I don't think being on a dirty porn site is part of the job. If I had wanted that, I would have become a porn actress."

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by

Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the American home video distribution ...

on 23 March 2011.

References

External links

* * 2010 films 2010 drama films Dutch drama films 2010s Dutch-language films Films set in Namibia Films directed by Rudolf van den Berg Independent Films (company) films {{2010s-Netherlands-film-stub