Monkey Business
5.9
In an orphanage around the year 1900, the principal of an orphanage tries to earn some money by selling the orphans for child labour. The moment we step in the story one of the orphans, Wim, is about to be sold to a brutal man. The man wants Wim to go to the market with a little monkey to pickpocket people. By the time they get to the market, Wim succeeds in escaping with the monkey by hiding in an old canalboat with the help of Jet, a girl who lives at the countryside. When they arrive at the farm where Jet lives, he meets Jets little sister Sien and her friend Ot, two little children who will take care of Wim and the monkey for the next weeks. When the brutal man finally finds out the hiding place of Wim, a true chase follows and Wim is locked up in the orphanage again. But then Jet’s father, a schoolteacher, interferes…. A story for the whole family about the start of the compulsory school attendance in 3D!
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Cast
10 people
Tygo Bussemakers
Wim
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Arjan Ederveen
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Loek Peters
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Sanne Vogel
Known for
Ibiza Fever
Wesley van Gaalen
Known for
New Kids Turbo
Guus Dam
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Skin
De legende van de Bokkerijders
Yvon Jaspers
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Ja, Ik Wil!
Knofje
Kim-Lian van der Meij
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Just Say Yes
Harry van Rijthoven
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Captain Nova
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Alwin Pulinckx
René
Known for
Van der Valk
Johan Nijenhuis Director · Maarten Lebens Writer Lars Boom Writer
First release June 10, 2015 · Produced in Netherlands · Production Farmhouse Film & TV B.V., Mollywood
Production
Johan Nijenhuis & Co
Production
Farmhouse Film & TV B.V.
Production
Mollywood
Production
Netherlands
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Apenstreken
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · June 10, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 17, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Netherlands
October 17, 2015 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
December 11, 2016 · TV · NPO 3
Romania
June 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Russia
February 1, 2025 · Digital
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