The Debut (1977 film)
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Carel Donck
Matthijs van Heijningen
| Het Debuut | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nouchka van Brakel |
| Written by | Nouchka van Brakel Carel Donck |
| Produced by | René Solleveld Matthijs van Heijningen |
| Starring | Marina de Graaf |
| Cinematography | Theo van de Sande |
| Edited by | August Verschueren |
| Music by | Ron Westerbeek |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Het Debuut ('The Debut') is a 1977 Dutch drama film based on a Hester Albach's novel and directed by Nouchka van Brakel.[1][2][3][4]
A 14-year-old girl and a 41-year-old friend of her father's fall in love, and soon their relationship grows into a sexual one as well. For some time all is happy, but then the tension grows too much, because of the secrecy and frustration of being the lover of a married man, and because she feels he starts to treat her too much like a child instead of a lover.
Cast
- Marina de Graaf as Carolien
- Gerard Cox as Hugo
- Pleuni Touw as Rita/Hugo's wife
- Kitty Courbois as Anne/Carolien's mother
- Dolf de Vries as Dr. Peter/Carolien's father
- Wendy Ferwerda as Susan
- Sandrien van Brakel as Tanja/Carolien's schoolmate
- Pieter Fleury as Jacques
Production
News of the film version began to pick up steam in November 1976 when De Telegraph ran a full-page article on the film's casting. Nouchka van Brakel wanted an unknown for the lead, though. It was essential that the part not be played by a recognizable actress. A week before Christmas, 1976, De Telegraph announced 17-year-old Marina de Graaf as the actress who Van Brakel had cast.[5]