After the lost final against Germany, everyone is hungover; in the summer town it remains quiet. Jonas and Dan bump into each other and decide to explore the neighbourhood to see if there is anything going on. Meanwhile, the realisation sinks in that their classmate Catootje has been missing for five days - could she still be alive?
Direction
Van Driel's patient, unblinking observation of boyhood unease.
Cinematography
Empty streets that feel simultaneously safe and wrong.
Acting
Non-professionals whose awkwardness becomes the point.
Director
Guido van Driel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2023 film deliberately echoes the real 1974 World Cup trauma — Dutch 'Total Football' losing to West Germany — using national humiliation as backdrop for personal failure.
Director Guido van Driel cast actual teenagers from the filming location, then rewrote scenes around their real awkwardness; the football loss was shot on the actual anniversary date.
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