Directed by:
Pieter VerhoeffCinematography:
Melle van EssenComposer:
Cees BijlstraCast:
Joop Admiraal, Kitty Courbois, Peter Faber, Bruce Gray, Hans Hylkema, Michiel Romeyn, Shireen Strooker, Gerard Thoolen, Hein van der Heijden, Michiel van Jaarsveld, Helmert Woudenberg (more)Plots(1)
Dutch actor Gerard Thoolen (1943-1996) always dreamed of a "home theater": a place where he could cook and friends would always be welcome to stop in to eat, talk, drink, sing and act. Director Pieter Verhoeff invited Thoolen's friends, family and colleagues to a big house in the Dutch seaside resort of Bergen aan Zee, to prepare a meal and reminisce about Thoolen's life and work. Everything Has a Reason presents a plethora of film excerpts, photographs, letters and memorabilia. Meditative and melancholic moments alternate with exuberant play: there's laughter and crying, like there should be in a theatrical ambiance, but sometimes Thoolen's painful and obnoxious qualities pop up as well. His futile search for true love, his yearning for a family life, his reckless behavior, his ecstatic and depressive periods, a life spent wandering, seeking. In short, the tragedy of a man with great talent who vainly tried to avoid his fate. But at last his dream comes true: there's playing, eating and singing, all in honor of Gerard Thoolen. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Joop Admiraal
Netherlands
Best movies:
Ober (2006)
Kitty Courbois
Netherlands
Best movies:
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Vincent & Theo (1990)
Love Is All (2007)
Peter Faber
German Empire
Best movies:
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Cathy Tippel (1975)
Mysteries (1978)
Bruce Gray
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Starship Troopers (1997)
Recount (2008) (TV movie)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Hans Hylkema
Netherlands
Michiel Romeyn
Netherlands
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
Wings of Fame (1990)
Quality Time (2017)
Shireen Strooker
Netherlands
Best movies:
Still Smokin (1983)
Gerard Thoolen
Netherlands
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
The Illusionist (1984)
Hein van der Heijden
Netherlands
Best movies:
Bullhead (2011)
Hector (1987)
The Fantastic Family Hotel (2017)
Michiel van Jaarsveld
Netherlands
Helmert Woudenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
Amsterdamned (1988)
Barocco (1976)
Matterhorn (2013)
Olga Zuiderhoek
Netherlands
Best movies:
Turkish Delight (1973)
The Northerners (1992)
Dress, The (1996)
Pieter Verhoeff (narrator)
Netherlands
Best movies:
Sportsman of the Century (2006)
Dress, The (1996)