A kid meets his ginger doppelgänger at a strongman contest and decides: dad found.
Twelve-year-old Luuk Bos has always believed that his father is the Strongest Man in the World. His mother Dorien, who raised him on her own, used to tell him the most wonderful stories about it. During a visit to a local Strongest Man competition, he meets a participant, René Doornbos, who, like him, has red hair. Luuk thinks he has found his father.
Acting
Bas van Prooijen carries the whole film with wide-eyed sincerity.
Direction
Mark de Cloe finds poetry in provincial Dutch strongman culture.
Writing
Delicate handling of sperm donor revelation without melodrama.
Director
Mark de Cloe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strongest Man competitions are genuinely huge in rural Netherlands — this isn't quirky backdrop, it's national sport.
Director Mark de Cloe specifically cast Loek Peters because his own red hair mirrors the protagonist's visual 'evidence' of paternity.
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