THREE DAYS OF FISH starts shooting

The shooting days for THREE DAYS OF FISH have commenced at the beginning of this month. The new film by Peter Hoogendoorn, who also wrote the screenplay, is a tragi-comedy about the compilcated relationship between a father and son duo, starring Ton Kas and Guido Pollemans.

About the film
Gerrie (68) from Rotterdam has been living in the Algarve with his second wife Rosa for years, but is still officially registered in the Netherlands. Gerrie, who used to be a bus driver, is a COPD-patient and travels to Rotterdam once a year for his checkups and other routine visits. He stays with his Cape Verdean stepdaughter and reunites with his son Dick (45), who is at odds with himself and the rest of the world. Gerrie has not been paying attention to his son’s issues for years. Dick always expects too much from the brief reunion with his father and wants quality time. This year there is a chance that it could be Gerrie’s last visit to the Netherlands…

Peter Hoogendoorn: “The film, and also life, is about the passage of time. Ton Kas is a master of silences. The (tragi)comedy makes the scenes poignant.”

The other roles are played by, among others, the Flemish actress Line Pillet (LITTLE BLACK SPIDERS), Adison Dos Reis (FERRY), newcomer Eneida dos Santos, Bianca Krijgsman (DE LUIZENMOEDER, Tamar van Waning (PARADISE DRIFTERS), Peter Bolhuis (OOGAPPELS, DE STAMHOUDER) and Loes Schnepper (RAMPVLUCHT).

THREE DAYS OF FISH is produced by Stienette Bosklopper for Circe Films and Maarten Swart for Kaap Holland Film in co-production with Dries Phlypo for A Private View and NTR. The screenplay was developed through Torino Film Lab’s Script Lab.

The film received support from the Netherlands Film Fund, the Film Production Incentive, CoBo and the Belgian TAX Shelter. Paradiso Filmed Entertainment distributes THREE DAYS OF FISH, the film will hit theaters in 2024.