''Wasted!'' (

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:'' Naar de Klote!) '' is a

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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directed by

Aryan Kaganof Aryan Kaganof (born 1964 as Ian Kerkhof) is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist. In 1999 he changed his name to Aryan Kaganof. Partial filmography * 1992: '' Kyodai Makes the Big Time'' (91min, Netherlands), drama featu ...

. It is the first film depicting the ''

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Scene'' in the Netherlands. The film was made during the time when the Dutch

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scene was at its highpoint. The same was true for the recreational use of

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youngsters at such parties.

Plot

Two teenagers in love go to the big city (Amsterdam) and wind up in the house and trance scene. The boy ends up spending his days smoking marijuana; the girl is introduced to ecstasy and runs into the drug underworld by selling the substance. At some point in the film, they lose contact and seek to be reunited.

Title

The title of the film comes from the hit ''Alles naar de Klote'' (Everything Wasted!) of the

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band De Euromasters. The film introduces an electronic music

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with tracks by '' Party Animals'', ''Flamman & Abraxas'' and ''Deepzone''.

Cast

* Fem van der Elzen as Jacqueline *

Tygo Gernandt Tygo Gernandt (born 7 April 1974 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in several Dutch movies, among them '' Van God Los'', '' Eilandgasten'', '' Schnitzelparadijs'' and '' De Dominee''. He also appeared in the BBC TV ...

as Martijn *

Thom Hoffman Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (born 3 March 1957), known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.Note: parts of this article have been translated from the Dutch version of this page. Biography Hoffman acts mainly i ...

as DJ Cowboy * Hugo Metsers as JP * Mike Libanon as Winston

External links

* 1996 films 1990s Dutch-language films Dutch drama films Dutch rock music films Electronic music films 1996 drama films {{1990s-Netherlands-film-stub