Monique van de Ven Movies

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

Thirty years ago Sylvia Kristel became world-famous with 'Emmanuelle'. This erotic film was the starting point of a curious career, during which...

Anita Drögemöller has transformed herself from a small-time street prostitute into a luxury call girl. But one day she finds her former...

A fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father.

This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three...

On the eve of her forty-fifth birthday Doris Doorenbos ends up like a divorced woman with two children at a dead end.

Isabelle is a famous and beloved actress from the Netherlands, who disappears when on Holiday in Belgium. She has been kidnapped by bartender Jeanne...

A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for...

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things...

Two women decide to exchange lives after getting into contact through a newspaper ad.

A bored company owner decides to find out what it is like to be one of his workers. During his "transformation" he falls in love with a cafeteria...

Lily works as a checkout girl at the local supermarket. She becomes pregnant, but before the child is born, the black father is attacked by skinheads...

Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also...

A California metal sculptor becomes a suspect after someone kills his gallery-owner lover.

A young painter takes up French lessons with an elder lady to ensure he’ll get a grant for a French arts institute. That way he meets Anna, a...

After seven months of pregnancy a husband and wife learn that their unborn child won't survive for long.

Seven socio-economically successful women around the age of fifty come together in France for their annual multi-day bike ride.

An ageing GP tries to convince his son in law to take over his practice. Monique van de Ven plays the doctor's daughter, who is torn apart by love of...

Documentary about the Dutch HorrorMovie 'The Johnsons (1992)" - A horror film where the cream of the crop of the Dutch film world had been working...

A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and...