COOL! (2004)
Information and additional media about ‘COOL! (2004)’.
Synopsis
Five young, mostly immigrant juvenile delinquents are convicted to doing time in a correctional facility: the Glen Mills School. They are supposed to be re-educated, but their friends try to lure them back into their life of crime.
The five are at crossroads: should they join their old friends or is there an alternative to the only way of life they know? And if there is, how can they neutralize their old friends without falling back into criminal behavior?
COOL was filmed in the actual ‘school’ with actual inmates as the lead actors.
Credits
Year: 2004 Running Time: 89 min. Language: Dutch
Cast
Katja Schuurman, Johnny de Mol, Fouad Mourigh, Farhane el Hamchaoui, Jones Kruijne, Remco Alberts, Juliën de Roover, Thijs Römer, Steve Hooi
Crew
Directed by: Theo van Gogh Produced by: Gijs van de Westelaken Screenplay by: Theodor Holman / Gijs van de Westelaken Director of photography: Thomas Kist Sound: Leo Franssen Music by: The Cool Crew / Rainer Hensel Edited by: Merel Notten
The film is supported by The Hoenderloo Group, Dexter Communication, Humanist Broadcasting Foundation, the Netherlands Film Fund
Awards and nominations
One Golden Calf nomination: Best Director (Theo Van Gogh)
Philadelphia Film Festival: Jury Award for Best Director 2005
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