De Schippers van de Kameleon (2003)

Original title

De schippers van de Kameleon

Directed by

Steven de Jong

Genre

young adult literature

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twin brothers Hielke and Sietse Klinkhamer have adventures with their boat De Kameleon in a small Dutch village. The film follows their fun and mishaps as they help people and solve problems.

feel-goodlightheartednostalgicfamily-friendlyadventurouswarmplayfulsimple

What happens

De Schippers van de Kameleon (2003) is a Dutch family film with main characters identical twins Koen van der Donk (Hielke Klinkhamer) and Jos van der Donk (Sietse Klinkhamer). The actors are also identical twins, born March 6, 1988. The film is based on the books of Hotze de Roos about the adventures of the twins with their boat, the opduwer De Kameleon. The film received a Golden Film (100,000 visitors) and a Platinum Film (400,000 visitors) and with 750.000 viewers in cinemas. It was the best viewed Dutch film production in 2003. In 2006 it was chosen as "Best Children's Movie" at the 4th International Film Festival in Eilat, Israel. The film also has a sequel, Kameleon 2, with the same characters and actors. In 2021, it was followed by a second sequel De Kameleon aan de ketting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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