The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time

Nynke
Directed byPieter Verhoeff
Written byPieter Verhoeff
Produced byHans de Weers
Hans de Wolf
StarringMonic Hendrickx
Music byCees Bijlstra
Release date
6 September 2001
Running time
110 minutes
CountryThe Netherlands
LanguagesFrisian, Dutch

The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (West Frisian title: Nynke) is a 2001 Dutch drama history film in the West Frisian language. It is a costume drama film about the life of Nienke van Hichtum and Dutch socialist and politician Pieter Jelles Troelstra. It is written and directed by Pieter Verhoeff.[1][2]

The film received a Golden Film (75,000 visitors) and Platinum Film in 2001. It also won two Golden Calves.[3] It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 74th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

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The film follows the life of Nynke from the time she first met Troelstra until their divorce.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Filmoverzicht".
  2. ^ "Nynke - VPRO Cinema".
  3. ^ "Nynke | KeyFilm".

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