Amsterdam Vice (2019)

Original title

Baantjer: Het Begin

Directed by

Arne Toonen

Genre

crime film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young police detective in Amsterdam investigates a series of crimes. This is a prequel that shows how his career in law enforcement began.

grittysuspensefulfast-pacednoirdarktenseprocedural

What happens

Amsterdam Vice (Dutch: Baantjer: Het Begin – English: Baantjer: The Beginning) is a 2019 Dutch film and accompanying series directed by Arne Toonen. The film and eponymous television series is based on the novels of A. C. Baantjer and a prequel to the television series Baantjer, based on the same novels. The Videoland version of the film was edited as a double episode (episodes 1 and 2 of the series). However, a number of scenes are missing in this version. The film won the Golden Film award two weeks later after having sold 100,000 tickets. Kurt Loyens also won the Golden Calf for Best Production Design award at the 2019 Netherlands Film Festival. Amsterdam Vice was also awarded a Silver Remi Award 2020 winner by the WorldFest Houston in the category Feature Film – Crime/Drama and was selected for Festival de la Fiction de la Rochelle as a nominee in the category ‘best international series’. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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