‘The controversial face mask deal that former CDA celebrity Sywert van Lienden and his associates concluded is being made into a film (…) It is not yet known who will direct the film or who will play in it.’ De Telegraaf, June 16, 2022.
To not (Linda de Mol/Will Koopman, 2022)
During a Zoom drink that got out of hand, three friends make a bet to become millionaires within a year. When one of them finds out that the government is afraid of him for some reason, they see their chance, but when they get further and further into trouble, they face a diabolical dilemma: integrity or friendship? With Waldemar Torenstra, Barry Atsma and Ramsey Nasr, among others.
Auxiliaries! (Johan Nijenhuis, 2023)
Young Sywert has it all: a job at the municipality of Amsterdam, 60,000 followers on Twitter, a Green Egg XL. During a bachelor party on Menorca, he and two friends decide to rob the government and a thriving website in electronics and household items. Everything seems to be going well, until one of them falls head over heels in love with a poor but hot nurse with a fat girlfriend, whom no one falls in love with, but who is funny. With Jandino Asporaat, among others.
A Simple Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2022)
A frustrated civil servant can no longer handle his wife’s disparaging behavior and decides to tell a minister that he has started a charity during a New Year’s drink. The problems pile up when he accidentally makes $30 million. With George Clooney, among others.
Berbertje skal hænge (Thomas Vinterberg, 2023)
During an international crisis, a young father, who is grounded in the routine of everyday life as a municipal official, sees his chance to escape mediocrity. He slowly discovers that cheating is a bigger part of him than he’d like to admit. With ao Thomas Bo Larsen.
Sywert (Eddy Terstall, 2027)
As a civil servant of the municipality of Amsterdam, a non-Amsterdammer walks through Amsterdam a lot while defrauding the government. During a woke barbecue on a roof terrace, he falls in love with a nice girl and they do things together in Amsterdam. With ao Nadja Hüpscher and Rifka Lodeizen.
the dormer (Alex van Warmerdam, 2024)
A young family man tries to build a dormer window using YouTube videos, but he can’t get it watertight. The Polish contractor who has to solve it unexpectedly joins a very sterile dinner with his in-laws and forces him to defraud the government. With Alex van Warmerdam, among others.
graphene (David Lynch, 2023)
A man who thinks he is sitting at a talk show table turns out to be a foundation and is facing court. Meanwhile, the woman with the sheep continues to complain that the roof is leaking, prompting him to join ten different political parties during a student union meeting and nevertheless become a multi-millionaire. With Lyle Lovett, among others.
The Dutch Connection (Wes Anderson, 2024)
A former student union leader and former figure skating champion sells a very nicely wrapped anti-macassar in a very nice shop in a very nice village. The mayor asks him to help solve the flu wave in the village, but when he finds out that his daughter also visits the shop after closing time, he calls the army and the lovers flee on a very small moped. With Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, the brothers Wilson, Edward Norton and Willem Dafoe.
Fucked (Paul Verhoeven 2024)
An average horny municipal official regularly joins the talk show of a very horny presenter and partly because of this comes into contact with the perhaps even hornier Minister of Health. Lots of fucking. Pubic hair. Elaborate further. With ao Isabelle Huppert.
Pandemic Fever (Michael Bay, 2022)
When a deadly virus spreads and the government fails, a municipal official takes matters into his own hands. After having reduced Shanghai and Wuhan to ashes, he uses YouTube videos to make a drone with which he can blow up the rest of China and smuggle the antidote to the Netherlands, where it is unfortunately rejected because it contains graphene. Including The Rock.
parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2023)
During a pandemic, a boy who has always been allowed to watch really successful people from a distance, decides to take revenge from under his leaking dormer window and scam the entire political elite. With ao Jung Ho-seok.