The Long Holiday
7.9
After the famous Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken is told that he has prostate cancer and only a few years left to live he decides to take an extended vacation while filming his journeys so the afterworld can learn about his experiences. He travels to Kathmandu where he meets buddhist monks and a healer woman who soon is trying to medicate him, to Burkina Faso and Mali onto the edge of the Sahara desert and other places. Everywhere he is collecting experiences that help make the rest of his life bearable.
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First release January 30, 2000 · Produced in Netherlands · Original title De grote vakantie
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Original title
De grote vakantie
Original language
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · January 30, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 19, 2000 · TV · Arte
Germany
May 19, 2000 · TV · Arte
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