Leak (film) explained

Leak
Native Name:	Lek
Director:	Jean van de Velde
Starring:	Cas Jansen Ricky Koole
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Netherlands
Language:	Dutch

Leak (Dutch; Flemish: Lek) is a 2000 Dutch thriller film written and directed by Jean van de Velde. The film was based on the book Sans Racune by ex-police officer Jan van Daalen and on a real-life Dutch police scandal from 1994.^[1]

Plot

Young police office Eddy is requested to turn his childhood friend Jack into a drugs informant.^[2]

Cast

• Cas Jansen as Eddy Dolstra
• Ricky Koole as Ria de Boer
• Thomas Acda as Franco
• Victor Löw as Sjakie Boon/Jack
• Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Ferdinand de Wit
• Ton Kas as Ben Haverman
• Jacob Derwig as Patrick
• Willem de Wolf as Murph

Awards

• Golden Calf for:
  • Best Feature Film
    • • Best Director : Jean van de Velde Best Actor : Victor Löw
  • Best Script : Jean van de Velde & Simon de Waal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Filmoverzicht.
2. Web site: Lek - VPRO Cinema.