Incredibly enough, one day before the start of his pension and just hours before his 65th birthday, window cleaner Alfred suddenly finds himself stricken by vertigo. A 64-year and 364-day journey through glass and lather reveals why he is afraid to either go up or go down the ladder. And whilst he finds himself to be an accidental Cupid by hitting anyone but himself with his arrows, it’s not until that particular day, 44 years after meeting Dirkje for the first time, that he realizes he has to point the arrow at himself.
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Laus Steenbeeke
Alfred sr
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Woeste Grond
Egbert Jan Weeber
Alfred
Known for
Pirates Down the Street II: The Ninjas from Across
Saint
Judith Noyons
Dirkje
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Feuten: Het Feestje
Mocro Maffia
Joke Tjalsma
Dirkje sr
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The Happy Housewife
Sien van Sellingen
Melody Klaver
Jenny
Known for
Winter in Wartime
Just Friends
Jochen Otten
Senior
Also in
Mister Twister in the Clouds
Jackie & Oopjen
Dave Mantel
Benedenbuurman Ben
Known for
Kill Mode
Regret!
Olivier Herter
Alfred (puber)
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Antonio Núñez Rodríguez
Alfred (12)
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Noa Harnisch
Alfred (6)
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Sjaan Zanen
Alfred (baby)
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Christine van Stralen
Jenny sr
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Celblok H
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Eva Zanen Director · Matthijs Bockting Writer Wietse de Zwart Editor
First release September 25, 2016 · Original title Hoe het zo kwam dat de Ramenlapper Hoogtevrees Kreeg
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Original title
Hoe het zo kwam dat de Ramenlapper Hoogtevrees Kreeg
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · September 25, 2016
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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