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| Start Film shoot The Secret (Het Geheim)
Family film The Secret (OT: Het Geheim) starts filming Saturday April 3rd. Director Joram Lürsen (Love is All, In Orange) is delighted to make this warm comedy about an eight year-old boy who is fascinated by a world-famous illusionist's performance. The screenplay was written by Frank Ketelaar (In Orange, Vuurzee, Coach). Illusionist Hans Klok is advisor to the makers of the film on the art of magic.
The Story
Eight year old Ben is completely overwhelmed by the performance of world-famous illusionist Hans Smid: making pretty assistants disappear and conjuring them up again. After taking a master class in magic Ben and his father Koos start to give performances, assisted by Sylvie, Ben's best friend. They are quite successful and Koos begins to have big ideas: he is sure he can make people disappear and reappear just like Hans Smid. And he indeed manages to let Sylvie vanish .... but to his own despair and dismay of the audience he doesn't succeed in conjuring her up again. Sylvie seems to have disappeared forever. Ben has to use all his talents to conjure up Sylvie and give his father Koos his self respect back, at the same time unraveling the secret. What is real and what is an illusion?
Cast
The main parts are for 8-years old Thor Braun, who plays the part of Ben Stikker. Theo Maassen plays his father Koos and Chantal Janzen is Laura, Ben's mother. Other parts are for Daan Schuurmans, Caroline de Bruijn, Fred Goessens and Margôt Ros.
Filming will take place in April, May and June, in the Netherlands.
The Secret is an IDTV Film production, in co-production with broadcaster AVRO and is supported by the Dutch Film Fund and the CoBO Fund. A Film Entertainment will release the film in Dutch cinemas next winter.
Family film The Secret (OT: Het Geheim) starts filming Saturday April 3rd. Director Joram Lürsen (Love is All, In Orange) is delighted to make this warm comedy about an eight year-old boy who is fascinated by a world-famous illusionist's performance. The screenplay was written by Frank Ketelaar (In Orange, Vuurzee, Coach). Illusionist Hans Klok is advisor to the makers of the film on the art of magic.
The Story
Eight year old Ben is completely overwhelmed by the performance of world-famous illusionist Hans Smid: making pretty assistants disappear and conjuring them up again. After taking a master class in magic Ben and his father Koos start to give performances, assisted by Sylvie, Ben's best friend. They are quite successful and Koos begins to have big ideas: he is sure he can make people disappear and reappear just like Hans Smid. And he indeed manages to let Sylvie vanish .... but to his own despair and dismay of the audience he doesn't succeed in conjuring her up again. Sylvie seems to have disappeared forever. Ben has to use all his talents to conjure up Sylvie and give his father Koos his self respect back, at the same time unraveling the secret. What is real and what is an illusion?
Cast
The main parts are for 8-years old Thor Braun, who plays the part of Ben Stikker. Theo Maassen plays his father Koos and Chantal Janzen is Laura, Ben's mother. Other parts are for Daan Schuurmans, Caroline de Bruijn, Fred Goessens and Margôt Ros.
Filming will take place in April, May and June, in the Netherlands.
The Secret is an IDTV Film production, in co-production with broadcaster AVRO and is supported by the Dutch Film Fund and the CoBO Fund. A Film Entertainment will release the film in Dutch cinemas next winter.
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