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	RITUELEN as RITUALS The Nederlands, 1988

	Directed by	Herbert Curiel
	Written by	Herbert Curiel based by novel of Cees Nooteboom (1980)
	Cast (in credits order)	Derek de Lint (Inni Wintrop) Thom Hoffman (Philip Taads) Sigrid Koetse (aunt Theresa) Ton Lensink (Arnold Taads) Jerome Reehuis (Roozenboom) Johan Ooms (Riezenkamp) Sheryn Hylton Parker (Zita) Camilla Braaksma (Petra/Sanne) Roswitha Bergman Christina van der Horst (Lyda) Bert Andre Edo Douma (broker) Jaap Hoogstra (uncle Louis) George Konig (photographer) Phons Leussink
	Music by	Eric van Tijn Jochem Fluitsma Titlesong: 'Beauty of the ritual' of Mathilde Santing.
	Language	Dutch
	Release date	April, 20 1989
	Runtime	93 min

It was a black Monday for Inni Wintrop, who was enriched by commerce in successful speculation and trade in objets d'art and female jewelry. On the twenty-eighth of October 1987 came the crash in the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. He had lost his money. Misfortunes never come alone. His wife, black belle Zita, "Princess of Namibia", had left him for a photographer. He doted on his wife.        They met again and he had offered, "to try once again, even if the feeling's gone". But she told him: "This time you should pay. 5 thousand guilders... "(about $2500). "No problem", - he had answered with a smile. His cheerful appearance belied his true feelings. They came home and he made love to Zita. Then she left. He was left alone with the memoirs.        In the evening he came to a bar. The pianist played a silent melody and to Inni Wintrop it seemed that Zita stood near the piano and sang. But it was only dreams. He came the empty house as drunk as a fish. It seemed all things reminded him of his wife. He went downstairs to a toilet. There he happened on Zita's glove ... His life was in detestation, and he decided to hang himself...        He antiqued, trading on trivialities. Coming back from one shop, Inni walked along the street. A young, nice girl bicycled and stole a curious look at him. Unexpectedly she stood in his way, and he saw on the sidewalk a dead pigeon near her bicycle. He wanted to throw the small body on the scrap- heap, but the girl protested. Then he striped her of the bicycle and they went to a park together and buried the pigeon under a tree. Then Inni and girl came to her home and had sex...        In one of antiquarian shops, Inni saw a strange young man. He bought a very expensive ancient drinking-cup. The owner of the shop called his name: "Taads". The name came back to Wintrop. Arnold Taads was an old friend of their family in Brabant. "It is my father", - the young man said. This name called up scenes of Inni's youth. He and Philip Taads went to his home. There was strange room without furniture. They sat down and recollected.        Philip involved Wintrop in the mystical world of the classic Japanese tea ceremony. This ceremony prefers death to life. The owner of antiquarian shop joined them.        They engaged in the ceremony. In the beginning, Philip gave a drink of green tea to the owner of the shop, then Inni drank. Philip drank his tea as well. And.. he fell dead on the floor. Inni was horrified to see this death. He understood that it was his time to die. He can be happy in life...        Derek de Lint in this film is a businessman of ripe age and also a young boy. He looked enchanting. Here he put in an appearance completely naked without turning an eyelash again. [Filmography] [Gallery] [Video clips] [Catalogue] [Home]