Bennie Brat ( Bennie Stout )

Bennie Brat (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Bennie Stout
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Johan Nijenhuis

Written By:
Wijo Koek

Actors:
Koen Dobbelaer ..... Bennie Stout
Hanna Verboom ..... Rietje
Marijn Bekkenk ..... Steven Stout
Koert-Jan de Bruijn ..... Willem
Pieter Lossie ..... Roderick
Diederik Ebbinge ..... Mayor
Plien van Bennekom ..... Winifred
Merel Boot ..... Sophie
Febe Bakema ..... Hadewich
Remon van Dijk ..... Ollie
Julian Ras ..... Wout
Bas Keijzer ..... Hoofdpiet
Irene Moors ..... School teacher
Bianca Krijgsman ..... Baker
Wilbert Gieske ..... Schipowner

Synopsis:

Bennie Brat is called a naughty boy. Bennie is just playing but he sure creates havoc in his neighborhood, because things always seem to go wrong… His teacher, his mother, even his big brother Steven find that all he does is cause trouble. It's winter during The Great Depression of the 1930's. Bennie lives in a tiny house with his mom and his brother. Bennie's father, a fisherman, is at work far away in a Spanish port. He wishes for his dad to come home soon, that would make life better. But when the fishing ships from Spain are finally docking in the village harbor his dad is not there... Bennie has to be without his father during the whole of the winter and dad won't be there for the Saint Nicolas celebrations, the best time of the year! Unless Bennie comes up with a really good plan. It has been a long tradition, that the good Saint Nicolas brings presents to all the well behaved children in the world, but the naughty children have to be disciplined and are taken in old dusty bags by Saint Nicolas helpers, all the way to Spain… So all Bennie has to do now is to be the naughtiest boy the town has ever seen.

Holland, early 1930s, a small fishing-village. It's winter, just before Saint Nicolas (the Saint who's known as the friend of children) will arrive from Spain, like he does every year to stay in Holland for 3 weeks to celebrate his birthday with all the children. Seven year old boy Bennie misses his father that works oversees, in Spain. Bennie feels that his poor mother and older brother are better off without him and he decides to look for his father in Spain. He tries to achieve this by writing his name in Saint Nicolas 'Big Book' in the 'naughty boy' section, because Saint Nicolas is known for taking naughty children with him back to Spain to teach them a lesson and to bring them back next year. But Saint Nicolas knows children, so would he fall for Bennie's trickery? A timeless feelgood story for the whole family!

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 03 March, 2013.

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