A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
Direction
Van Gogh's confrontational close-ups refuse comfortable distance
Acting
Römer's sympathetic monster keeps you complicit
Writing
Ross's novel adapted with zero thriller catharsis
Director
Theo van Gogh
Thijs Römer
Jim de Booy
Tara Elders
Ayse Him
Cahit Ölmez
Erdogan Demir
Jack Wouterse
Van Dam
Johnny de Mol
John
Caro Lenssen
Marije de Booy
Femke Lakerveld
Lisa
Ariane Schluter
Ex Jim
Georgina Verbaan
Birgit Maas
Marlies Heuer
Thera
Gijs Naber
Wouter Heemskerk
Marcel Hensema
Wester
Maria Kraakman
Petra
Reinout Bussemaker
Volkert van der G
Tooske Ragas
Stewardess
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just twelve days on a shoestring budget, with van Gogh financing it partly through his newspaper column.
Pim Fortuyn's actual murder shattered Dutch political complacency; this film arrived as the country reeled from van Gogh's own killing.
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