Bloedbroeders. The Netherlands, 2008, 95 min. Directed by Arno Dierickx, screenplay: Jan Bernard Bussemaker, Bert Bouma, camera: Renaat Lambeets, music: Johan Hoogewijs, cast: Erik van Heijningen, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Derk Stenvers, Sander van Amsterdam, Carolien Spoor. Produced by Rinkel Film Production, Amsterdam
The story is set in the early 1960s. Sixteen-year-old Simon befriends the immensely wealthy brothers Arnout and Victor. On the estate where the brothers live, the boys spend their days playing tennis, listening to music and hanging out with Arnout’s beautiful girlfriend. Hidden in the attic, without the brothers’ parents knowing it, the boys keep their friend Ronnie, a petty criminal on the run from the police. However, after a time Ronnie becomes a burden and starts to blackmail them. The boys try to make him leave but when this fails, they come up with an unthinkable way to resolve the situation.