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Spangas on Survival (2009)

Spangas on Survival poster
Original title
SpangaS Op Survival
Directed by
Diede in 't Veld
Genre
teen film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
9
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Students from a Dutch school go on a week long study trip in the Belgian Ardennes. They take part in various assignments and adventures together.

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What happens

SpangaS op Survival is a 2009 Dutch teen adventure film based on the Dutch TV series SpangaS. The film is directed by Diede in 't Veld and produced by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain de Levita. The plot revolves around the students from Spangalis College going on a week-long study trip in the Belgian Ardennes where they complete various assignments. Most of the cast from the TV show reprise their respective roles. The film was released in the Netherlands on 30 September 2009 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through the Walt Disney Pictures banner. It was the first of two films Disney distributed under a distribution deal with NL Film & TV, with the second film being Fuchsia the Mini-Witch in 2010. Despite receiving negative reviews from critics, it won a Golden Film award for having drawn over 100,000 visitors and grossed over $2.6 million at the box office. A stand-alone sequel, SpangaS in Actie, was released in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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