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| Memory Lane | |
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| Dutch | De terugreis |
| Directed by | Jelle de Jonge |
| Written by | Marijn de Wit Jelle de Jonge |
| Produced by | Maarten Kuit Jeroen van den Idsert |
| Starring | Martin van Waardenburg Leny Breederveld |
| Cinematography | Joris Kerbosch |
| Edited by | Jurriaan van Nimwegen |
| Music by | Steve Willaert |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Dutch FilmWorks |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Netherlands Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
| Box office | $2,689,985[1] |
Memory Lane (Dutch:De terugreis) is a 2024comedy-drama film written by Marijn de Wit and co-written and directed by Jelle de Jonge. The film was a big box office hit inThe Netherlands and was awarded theGolden Film.[2] It was chosen as theDutch entry for theBest International Feature Film at the97th Academy Awards.[3] The film won twoGolden Calf awards forbest feature film andbest leading role forLeny Breederveld. The winners were announced at theNetherlands Film Festival.[4]
Jaap has been together with Maartje for almost 50 years. While the grumpy Jaap is not very keen on doing things anymore, the sometimes slightly confused Maartje is still full of life. When the couple receives a letter from an old holiday friend, Jaap is reluctantly convinced to visit him in Southern Europe. The two travel in their old car through a completely changed Europe; bickering, but also recalling one memory after another. Along the way, Jaap realizes that his wife is suffering fromdementia.
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