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Quiz
Netherlands 2017
produced by Dick Maas, Tom de Mol for Parachute Pictures, Tom de Mol Productions
directed by Dick Maas
starring Barry Atsma, Pierre Bokma, Stephan Evenblij, Carly Wijs, Marck Oostra, Hanna Verboom, Kim van Kooten, Susan Radder, Tessa Stephenson, Ruben Brinkman, Danny Vera, Escha Tanihatu, Loek Peters, Remco Koning, Robin Rienstra, Bob Schrijber, Marietta Koning, Burt Rutteman, Oscar Aerts, Mike Reus, Arnost Kraus, Boyd Grund, Dave Mantel, Marije Coralie, Jolanda Van Den Berg, Wigger Verschoor, Dieter Jansen, Tycho Plooyer, Sven Bijma, Fleur Favalli, Frits Groen, Tanya Witkamp, Gert Kats, Remco Mentink, Damien Genefaas
written and music by Dick Maas
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Leo (Barry Atsma) is the country's most popular (if slightly sleazy)
quiz master - but now he has ended his run on his current show and wants
to celebrate this with his wife (Kim van Kooten) and daughter (Susan
Radder) at his favourite Italian restaurant before they'll actually move
to Italy - but wife and daughter don't come, instead a stranger (Pierre
Bokma) shows up, who insists on doing a quiz with Leo as a contestant,
which Leo at first tries to turn down - until he has to come to the
realization that the stranger has kidnapped his wife and daughter. But for
some reason, the stranger isn't asking for money, and declines all of
Leo's offers - instead he insists on playing a little quiz with Leo, where
the questions get more and more personal and mean-spirited - but should
Leo get only one of them wrong, the stranger promises to have Leo's loved
ones killed. And he won't waiver on his mission either, not even when Leo
calls the police, beats him to a pulp or whatever else, the stranger
always stays on top of the game. And he even controls the events around
them, like when he invites Leo's former mistress Louise (Hanna Verboom)
into the mix to make him a scene. Control only seems to slip when Louise
pulls a gun to shoot Leo dead, but even then the stranger finds a way to
keep his quiz show going - and to ultimately reveal to Leo what it's all
about ... Quiz is a very intense little psycho thriller
that masterfully creates suspense the old school way, by showing very
little and suggesting very much, by relying on a strong, brilliantly
structured screenplay to build up tension rather than just on set-pieces,
makes perfect use of its "quiz"-theme, doesn't shy away from the
occasional irony, and features a cast that really pull off their
well-written roles. And since the film works just like a clockwork it
hardly matters that the basic premise is rather on the far-fetched side of
things. Definitely worth a watch! And if this has gotten you
at all interested, Quiz is currently available from Vimeo, just go here:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/quiz
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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