Directed by:
Paula van der OestScreenplay:
Paula van der OestCinematography:
Bert PotComposer:
Fons MerkiesCast:
Sylvia Poorta, Anneke Blok, Monic Hendrickx, Jacob Derwig, Halina Reijn, Jaap Spijkers, Theu Boermans, Antje Boermans, Pieter Embrechts, Annet Nieuwenhuijzen (more)Plots(1)
For this comic feature film, the director was inspired by Chekhov's play Three Sisters. Zus & Zo - largely played by actors from De Trust theatre group - deals with three sisters in their thirties and their younger brother Nino. When the sisters learn that their brother is planning to get married, they are dumbfounded because for all they know Nino is gay. Panic breaks out. If Nino gets married, he will inherit the family hotel Paraiso in sunny Portugal and their individual dreams will be thwarted. Wanda wants to open up an art gallery there, Sonja hopes for a better life with her adulterous husband and Michelle sees the residence as an escape from her hectic life as a charity worker. The film follows the three selfish sisters, vainly throwing anything into the fray to prevent the wedding. During the festive preparations in Portugal, they clutch at their last straw: the future bride must hear the truth. Jacob Derwig was awarded a Golden Calf for best actor. (Nederlands Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Sylvia Poorta
Best movies:
Ober (2006)
Skin (2008)
Gruesome School Trip (2005)
Anneke Blok
Netherlands
Best movies:
Quality Time (2017)
Love Is All (2007)
Winter in Wartime (2008)
Monic Hendrickx
Netherlands
Best movies:
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Ferry (2021)
Sonny Boy (2011)
Jacob Derwig
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Dress (1996)
The Resistance Banker (2017)
Grimm (2003)
Halina Reijn
Netherlands
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Black Book (2006)
Blind (2007)
Jaap Spijkers
Netherlands
Theu Boermans
Best movies:
Cathy Tippel (1975)
Spetters (1980)
Off Screen (2005)
Antje Boermans
Best movies:
Accused (2014)
Allez, Eddy ! (2012)
Pieter Embrechts
Belgium
Best movies:
Nothing to Lose (2008)
Visions of Europe (2004)
The Zigzag Kid (2012)
Annet Nieuwenhuijzen
Netherlands
Marisa van Eyle
Netherlands
Best movies:
Black Book (2006)
Character (1997)
Love Is All (2007)
Tijn Docter
Netherlands
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Painkillers (2014)
Snapshots (2002)
Harpert Michielsen
Netherlands
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Twin Sisters (2002)
No.10 (2021)
Narcosis (2022)
Bert Geurkink
Netherlands
Best movies:
Sportsman of the Century (2006)
Sonny Boy (2011)
The Gang of Oss (2011)
Lineke Rijxman
Netherlands
Best movies:
Antonia's Line (1995)
Accused (2014)
Love Is All (2007)
Annet Malherbe
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Conductor (2018)
Accused (2014)
Little Tony (1998)
Josine van Dalsum
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Lift (1983)
The Lion of Flanders (1985)
Jappe Claes
Belgium
Best movies:
Rabarber (2014) (TV movie)
The Memory of a Killer (2003)
Marina (2013)