The Pocket-knife (Het Zakmes) (1992)

Basically, it was another really obscure Dutch movie (I was only the 3rd listal member who has rated it) and I wasn’t really expecting much from this flick but since Ben Sombogaart is an interesting director, I thought I might as well give it a try. As I have mentioned in some other of my reviews, those family features are quite popular in the Netherlands but, in my opinion, it is not because t... read more

Mees has a problem. By accident he took his best friend's pocket knife home with him. Unfortunately he is too late to return it as the next day Tom moves house. All that Mees knows is that Tom has gone to Flevoland. His parents are tied up in their own lives and have no room for little Mees' problems. His mother is a world-famous singer and it seems Mees sees her more on TV than in real life. His father is under a lot of pressure acting as a housekeeper and as secretary for his popular wife. So little Mees must search alone for his friend..