TULIPANI, LOVE, HONOUR AND A BICYCLE

TULIPANI- LIEFDE, EER EN EEN FIETS

By Mike VAN DIEM

ATLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM - as SALES All rights, World

Comedy - Completed 2017

TULIPANI is a comedy drama centred around the strong-minded Dutch farmer, Gauke (Gijs Naber), who, after losing his farm during the floods of 1953, is determined to never have wet socks again. In pursuit of his quest, Gauke cycles to the sizzling hot South of Italy to start a new life.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2017
Contemporary World Cinema
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2017
Competition Audience Award
Dutch Film Festival 2017
Opening of the festival
Siena film festival 2017
Won best foreign movie
Atlantic Film Festival 2017
Official Selection
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival Rio 2017
Official Selection
Chicago IFF 2017
Official Selction
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Comedy, Drama, Romance
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS, CANADA, ITALY
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, DUTCH, ITALIAN
    • Budget
    • 5 - 10 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mike VAN DIEM
    • Writer(s)
    • Peter VAN WIJK, Mike VAN DIEM
    • Producer(s)
    • Hans DE WEERS (FATT productions), Elwin LOOIJE (FATT productions), Claudio BUCCI, Corrado AZZOLLINI (Draka), Don CARMODY (Don Carmody Productions ), David CORMICAN
    • Synopsis
    • TULIPANI is a comedy drama centred around the strong-minded Dutch farmer, Gauke (Gijs Naber), who, after losing his farm during the floods of 1953, is determined to never have wet socks again. In pursuit of his quest, Gauke cycles to the sizzling hot South of Italy to start a new life on the outskirts of a small village in Puglia. Gauke's fairylike trek and miraculous tulip trade, combined with his passionate love-life and turbulent scuffles with the dubious local business practices, raise him to legendary local hero status - only to then suddenly disappear. Thirty years later, the young Canadian woman Anna (Ksenia Solo), embarks on her own personal journey of discovery to uncover the truth of the past where she finds love along the way, while skirting a possible criminal record with the local police inspector (Giancarlo Gianinni).