Matthijs van Heijningen Movies

A female writer bases her newest book on the affair she had with her publisher in this Dutch drama. Lin is the glamorous writer who finds herself...

Melodrama about a man cursed with immortality, who tries to declare his undying love for a depressed actress.

The Detour is about a young woman travelling through Europe in search of herself and the truth of life. It is based on meetings between goatherd...

The movie stars you see on the screen have once been selected amongst others. The glamor of the premiere is preceded by mug shots, selections,...

Lieve Jongens explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who dominate his life. Wolf, a successful writer of...

Two women decide to exchange lives after getting into contact through a newspaper ad.

Maarten, a milquetoast bachelor living with his terminally ill mother, is haunted by a nightmare in which God tells him to lose his virginity or die...

An ageing GP tries to convince his son in law to take over his practice. Monique van de Ven plays the doctor's daughter, who is torn apart by love of...

Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of...

A merchant marries a woman who looks exactly like his former lover, who died because of him. But the man has a morbid jealousy, he sees a rival in...

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

Two friends meet again in the autumn of their lives. They have not seen each other for years, but soon find their renewed friendship put to the test...

A young aggressive man from a small town goes to Amsterdam. He attacks several people, finds a girlfriend and takes her back home. Because of his...

A man of independent means oddly suited to survival amid the chaos of modern life, Inni Wintrop is a committed dabbler, content to casually wander...

A woman as an object of poetic observation seen through the eager eye of the camera. Cinematic means are used to reflect the moods of women.