Jump to content

Suzy Q (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suzy Q
GenreTragicomedy
Comedy-drama
Written byFrouke Fokkema
Martin Koolhoven
Directed byMartin Koolhoven
StarringCarice van Houten
Roeland Fernhout
Linda van Dyck
Jack Wouterse
Ricky Koole
Andrew Richard
Miranda Raison
Music byFons Merkies
Country of originNetherlands
Original languagesDutch
English
Production
Executive producerEmjay Rechsteiner
CinematographyMenno Westendorp
EditorJob ter Burg
Running time82 minutes
Production companiesStaccato Films
Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
Original release
Release1999 (1999)

Suzy Q is a 1999 Dutch film starring Carice van Houten and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It is based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with Koolhoven. The film featured van Houten in her first leading role; she worked again with Koolhoven on the films AmnesiA and Brimstone.

Plot

[edit]

The film is set in the sixties and revolves around the teenager Suzy, who is part of an uncaring family: her father is abusive and unemployed, her mother is naive, one brother is the brooding type while the other is habitually stoned.

Suzy surreptitiously manages to gain access to the hotel room of Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull during their visit to Amsterdam. Suzy gets kissed by her idol Jagger and wants to tell the world, but nobody believes her or even wants to hear the story.

Background

[edit]

The film is a joint production of Staccato Films and the Dutch public broadcasting service.

The title refers to The Rolling Stones' cover of the Dale Hawkins song Susie Q.

Suzy Q won various awards, including a Gouden Kalf for van Houten. Despite being a film made for TV, it was the most decorated Dutch film of 1999. Due to the frequent use of music by the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, Jimi Hendrix, Tee-Set and Booker T & the MG's, the film was never released in cinemas or on DVD.

In 2014, to save his project from obscurity, Martin Koolhoven published the film on YouTube.[1] He also asked for the film to be distributed via torrent sites, which promptly happened.[2][3]

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nico van den Berg (19 June 2014). "Martin Koolhoven zet debuutfilm Suzy Q op YouTube". Moviescene (in Dutch).
  2. ^ Ernesto Van der Sar (24 July 2014). "Director Wants His Film on The Pirate Bay, Pirates Deliver…". Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Can someone throw Suzy Q to the Pirate Bay?" (in Dutch). 16 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
[edit]