Kleine Teun

Apr 30 1998 N/A 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Married to an illiterate Dutch farmer, Keet yearns for a child. She sets matters on course by arranging for a smart city girl, Lena, to live in and teach the slow-witted Brand. She encourages the developing affair between them, accepting secondary status in the household when Lena has a child. But her plans to eliminate the competition demand decisive action from Brand.

Plot

Farmer Brand can't read and he is quite happy with that. His wife, Keet, who has to read him all the subtitles on the television, isn't. She decides to hire a teacher for him. This is a beautiful young woman, called Lena. Brand falls in love with her. To his puzzlement and dismay Keet encourages him, because as she says she doesn't want a husband with another woman in his head. She wants their love to grow stale. She also wants Lena to give Brand and her a son. The love between Brand and Lena does not grow stale easily and after the birth of little Teun, their strange menage a trois comes to a dramatic conclusion.

Written by

Alex van Warmerdam

Directed by

Alex van Warmerdam

Cast

Alex van Warmerdam, Annet Malherbe, Ariane Schluter

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands

Production Companies

Graniet Film

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

7 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,166
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA