A mild-mannered gay dentist and a womanizing bar owner rekindle their unlikely friendship when, upon meeting by chance after a decade apart, the latter turns out to be severely ill.
Acting
Geel and Hensema's chemistry is devastatingly real.
Writing
Dialogue that swings from crude banter to existential gut-punches.
Director
Eddy Terstall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first Dutch films to center gay male friendship without making sexuality the 'problem' — it was controversially snubbed at the Netherlands Film Festival.
Director Eddy Terstall based the dental practice scenes on his own father's clinic; the laughing gas scene was entirely improvised.
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