Minoes
Vincent Bal / NL, 2001 / 86 min.
Marvellous film version of Annie M.G. Schmidt’s beloved book. Miss Minoes (Carice van Houten) helps journalist Tibbe (Theo Maassen) in his hunt for news. Golden Calves were awarded to both the film and Van Houten.
Miss Minoes wears a green skirt suit with sex-kitten heels, and likes to climb trees. She also claims she can talk to cats – in fact, she even purrs, gives head bumps and prefers sleeping curled up in a cardboard box.
Miss Minoes is weird – Mr Tibbe (Theo Maassen), a journalist with the local paper, the Killendoornse Courant, also thinks so. But: Miss Minoes knows everything about everything that happens in town, which is extremely useful to journalist Tibbe, whose job as a roving reporter is under threat. So before long Minoes is his personal assistant, helping him in his quest for news.
Director Vincent Bal recruited Carice van Houten and Theo Maassen for the lead roles of Minoes and Tibbe. They proved to be a good team, bringing pace and colour to Annie M.G. Schmidt’s story.
Screening on 35mm from the Eye collection.
Details
Director
Vincent Bal
Production year
2001
Country
NL
Original title
Minoes
Length
86 min.
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
ENG or NONE
Format
35mm, DCP
Part of
2001
In its film programme 2001 – A Time Capsule, Eye Filmmuseum is marking the 25th anniversary of the year 2001 with a generous helping of nostalgia, screening 25 films that were released in 2001.
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