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Simon is a film of genre Drama directed by Eddy Terstall released in USA on 7 april 2006 with Marcel Hensema
Simon (2004)
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Add to a movie listSimon is a 2004 Dutch drama film directed by Eddy Terstall.
The story is about two male friends, one heterosexual and one gay. Same sex marriage and euthanasia are prominent themes of the film. The film has won four Golden Calves.
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One of the characters is Camiel, a gay dentist who marries his lover and the other is Simon (Cees Geel), a heterosexual drugs dealer and lady magnet. They become close friends in the late 1980s, but Camiel does something that interrupts their friendship.Actors
Marcel Hensema
(Camiel Vrolijk)
Rifka Lodeizen
(Sharon)
Eva Duijvestein
(Ellen)
Dirk Zeelenberg
(Bram)
Jeroen Willems
(Family doctor)
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