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Amsterdam (2013)

Amsterdam poster
Directed by
Stefan Miljevic
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
14A
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three friends from Quebec plan a weekend fishing trip but end up flying to Amsterdam instead. Once there, one of them reveals a personal secret that changes their plans.

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What happens

Amsterdam is a 2013 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Stefan Miljevic. The film centres on Jeff (Gabriel Sabourin), Marc (Louis Champagne) and Sam (Robin Aubert), three friends from Quebec who plan a weekend fishing trip that unexpectedly turns into an impromptu flight to Amsterdam, where Sam reveals that his wife Madeleine (Suzanne Clément) is pregnant and he does not want to return home. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Editing (Carina Baccanale) and Best Overall Sound (Arnaud Derimay, Benoît Leduc and Stéphane Bergeron). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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