Happy Family (2006)

5.6/10 Vote : 10

'N Beetje Verliefd (Original Title)

StoryLine

Thijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs...

Details

Genres: Comedy Romance
Country: Netherlands
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 14/12/2006
Budget: $800,000 (estimated)
Run Time: 83 min
Popularity: 0.751
Revenue: 966,214
Spoken Languages: Nederlands
Status: Released