Scene from the film The Long Holiday
Scene from the film The Long Holiday
Scene from the film The Long Holiday
Scene from the film The Long Holiday
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The Long Holiday

Direction
Year 
2000
Country
  • Netherlands
Duration
145min 
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After the famous Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken is told that he has prostate cancer and only a few years left to live he decides to take an extended vacation while filming his journeys so the afterworld can learn about his experiences. He travels to Kathmandu where he meets buddhist monks and a healer woman who soon is trying to medicate him, to Burkina Faso and Mali onto the edge of the Sahara desert and other places. Everywhere he is collecting experiences that help make the rest of his life bearable.

Details

  • Original title
    De grote vakantie
  • Direction
  • DOP
    Johan van der Keuken
  • Editing
    Menno Boerema
  • Duration
    145 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2000
  • Country
    • Netherlands
  • Colour
    • Colour

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