Bloedbroeders
| Blood Brothers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arno Dierickx |
| Written by | Bert Bouma Jan Bernard Bussemaker |
| Produced by | Reinier Selen Edwin van Meurs |
| Starring | Erik van Heijningen Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen Sander van Amsterdam Derk Stenvers Carolien Spoor |
| Edited by | Wouter Jansen |
| Music by | Johan Hoogewijs |
Release dates | January 10, 2008 (NL) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Blood Brothers (Dutch: Bloedbroeders) is a 2008 Dutch telefilm, directed by Arno Dierickx.
Plot
Simon is a high school student who always gets high grades. He isn't popular and spends his free time making home work and helping his mother. At one day, he is in a store buying a LP album for his mother and runs into the popular brothers Arnout and Victor van Riebeeck.
Arnout and Victor are the sons of a very wealthy man and like to make trouble. Arnout is trying to steal a LP album, but gets caught by the store clerk. He shoves the LP album in Simon's hands to stay out of trouble and it seems to work. Eventually, Simon steals the LP album for the boys. Outside, they get to know each other.
They are interrupted with Ronnie, a high school drop-out and bully. He breaks Simon's LP album. He is too afraid to stand up for himself, but it is Arnout who helps Simon out. They get acquainted with Ronnie and they eventually make trouble when Arnout steals a motor.
The owner of the motor calls the police and they try to arrest Ronnie. He gets away and decides to crash at the attic of the Van Riebeeck house. They decide to help him out, without Arnout and Victor's parents or the maids and other house staff finding out.
Nothing seems to go wrong and Simon has the time of his life hanging out with Arnout and Victor at their enormous mansion. Simon is especially interested in Arnout's girlfriend Frederique. Arnout isn't really interested in her and tells Simon he can have her. He tries to make a move, but Frederique isn't interested in him in a romantic way.
Meanwhile, Ronnie becomes more of a bargain. He starts to demand stuff. The boys try to force him to go away, but Ronnie threatens to tell the police they helped him out stealing the motor if he gets busted. When Arnout and Victor are about to go on vacation, they know it is time for Ronnie to leave. The boys try anything to get Ronnie out of the house, including making a fake pasport and convince him to leave the country. But nothing seems to work and the boys see only one solution: Murder.
They try to poison his drink, but it goes wrong. They plan on strangling him with a cord. Victor is supposed to be on the look out, while Arnout and Simon are strangling him. When Arnout chickens out, Simon decides to do it only. He tries to choke him, but Ronnie is stronger and pushes him away before he tries to run away from them. Afraid Ronnie will tell someone, Arnout runs after him and hits him in the head with an axe.
They bury him and a few days later Arnout and Victor are going on vacation. Arnout tells Simon a lot has happened the past few weeks and it is better for them not to see each other. The movie finally ends with intertitles, saying the boys got arrested and went into TBS. Arnout and Victor are now free and took over the business of their father. They now belong to one of the richest men in the Netherlands, while Simon is all forgotten.