Bon Bini Holland

Bon Bini Holland is a 2015 Dutch-comedy film produced by Maarten Swart and directed by Jelle de Jonge. Starring co-writer Jandino Asporaat who plays five different characters in the film, and Liliana de Vries. The film premiered in Dutch theaters nationwide on December 10, 2015^[2]

Bon Bini Holland
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jelle de Jonge
Written by	Jandino Asporaat Ernst Gonlag Reint Schölvinck
Produced by	Maarten Swart
Starring	Jandino Asporaat Liliana de Vries Teun Kuilboer Sergio IJssel Dennis Rudge Alpha Oumar Barry Phi Nguyen
Cinematography	Joris Kerbosch
Edited by	Elsbeth Kasteel
Music by	Michiel Marsman
Production company	Storm Post Production
Distributed by	Entertainment One Benelux
Release date	10 December 2015 (2015-12-10)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Languages	Dutch Papiamentu
Box office	$4,920,623[1]

Primarily filmed in Rotterdam, South Holland, a large portion of the movie was filmed in Willemstad, Curaçao in the former Netherlands Antilles, and it features many Dutch celebrities of Surinamese and Curaçaoan descent such as Humberto Tan, Jörgen Raymann and Tania Kross. The film also features the television sketch "FC Kip" from the 'De Dino Show', for which Asporaat is famous for across the Netherlands.

Outside of the Netherlands, the film debuted in Curaçao on 17 January 2016. Asporaat travelled to his place of birth in order to attend the film's premiere. To date the film is the highest attended Dutch film in the Dutch Caribbean of all time.^[3] The film is entirely spoken in Dutch, with small portions in Papiamentu, but subtitles are available in English.^[4]

Synopsis

The film begins in Curaçao, where slick Antillean Robertico (Asporaat) gets in trouble when he is unable to pay his debt to a mafia boss for using his house without his notice. He flees from the island to the Netherlands to his aunt Judeska, where he meets business man Ken Maduro (Dennis Rudge). Robertico convinces Ken to invest in his fake vacation homes on Curaçao called 'Bon Bini Bungalows'. After meeting Kens' daughter Noëlla Maduro (Liliana de Vries) he falls in love with her and is no longer sure about scamming her father.^[5]

Cast

• Jandino Asporaat as Robertico, Judeska, Rajesh, Gerrie and Sydney
• Liliana de Vries as Noëlla Maduro
• Sergio IJssel as Norwin and Noltie
• Dennis Rudge as Ken Maduro
• Teun Kuilboer as Patrick
• Hans Dagelet as Mafia Boss Eddie
• Alpha Oumar Barry as Kofi
• Phi Nguyen as Ping Ping

Awards

• Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 1
  • Golden Film: 2015
• Netherlands Film Festival: 1
  • Best Film: 2016

See also

• Bon Bini Holland 2 (2018 film)
• Bon Bini Holland 3 (2022 film)
• Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights (2023 film)