Leak (film)

2000 film

Leak

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Jean van de Velde
Written by|

* Jean van de Velde
* Simon de Waal

Based on| Sans rancune
by Peter van Gestel
Produced by|

* Rolf Koot
* Jean van de Velde

Starring|

* Cas Jansen
* Ricky Koole
* Thomas Acda
* Victor Löw
* Gijs Scholten van Aschat

Cinematography| Jules van den Steenhoven
Edited by| Herman P. Koerts
Music by| Fons Merkies

Production
company

All Yours Film

Distributed by| C-Films

Release date

* 27 April 2000 (2000-04-27)

Running time

| 105 minutes
Country| Netherlands
Language| Dutch

Leak (Dutch: Lek) is a 2000 Dutch thriller film written and directed by Jean van de Velde. The film was loosely based on the book Sans Racune by ex-police officer Jan van Daalen and on a real-life Dutch police scandal from 1994.[1][2]

## Plot

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Young police office Eddy is requested to turn his childhood friend Jack into a drugs informant.[3]

## Cast

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* Cas Jansen as Eddy Dolstra
* Ricky Koole as Ria de Boer
* Thomas Acda as Franco
* Victor Löw as Sjakie Boon/Jack
* Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Ferdinand de Wit
* Ton Kas as Ben Haverman
* Jacob Derwig as Patrick
* Willem de Wolf as Murph
* Daniël Boissevain as Wout
* Jacqueline Blom as Gynaecologist
* Angelique de Bruijnne as Jack's wife
* Jack Monkau as Bijl
* Saskia Temmink as Bijl's wife

## Awards

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* Golden Calf for:
* Best Feature Film
* Best Director : Jean van de Velde
* Best Actor : Victor Löw
* Best Script : Jean van de Velde & Simon de Waal

## References

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1. ^ Blokker, Bas (19 May 2001). "Lek". Filmjaarboek 2000. By Hans Beerekamp. International Theatre & Film books. pp. 116–117\. ISBN 9789064036002.
2. ^ "Filmoverzicht".
3. ^ "Lek - VPRO Cinema".

## External links

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* Leak at IMDb
* Leak at the TCM Movie Database
* Leak at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Jean van de Velde

* The Little Blonde Death (1993)
* All Stars (1997)
* Leak (2000)
* Floris (2004)
* Wild Romance (2006)
* The Silent Army (2008)
* The Price of Sugar (2013)
* Bram Fischer (2017)

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Golden Calf for Best Feature Film

* The Mark of the Beast (1981)
* A Question of Silence (1982)
* Hans: Life Before Death (1983)
* The Illusionist (1984)
* Flesh and Blood (1985)
* Abel (1986)
* Bygones (1987)
* The Vanishing (1988)
* Secret Wedding (1989)
* Evenings (1990)
* Prospero's Books (1991)
* Kyodai Makes the Big Time (1992)
* The Little Blonde Death (1993)
* 1000 Roses (1994)
* Little Sister (1995)
* Long Live the Queen (1996)
* Character (1997)
* Felice...Felice... (1998)
* The Flying Liftboy (1999)
* Leak (2000)
* Nynke (2001)
* Miss Minoes (2002)
* Twin Sisters (2003)
* Simon (2004)
* Paradise Now (2005)
* Black Book (2006)
* Crusade in Jeans (2007)
* Love Is All (2008)
* Nothing Personal (2009)
* Joy (2010)
* Black Butterflies (2011)
* The Girl and Death (2012)
* Borgman (2013)
* How to Avoid Everything (2014)
* Son of Mine (2015)
* The Paradise Suite (2016)
* Brimstone (2017)
* The Resistance Banker (2018)
* Dirty God (2019)
* Buladó (2020)
* The Judgement (2021)
* Oink (2022)
* Sweet Dreams (2023)
* Memory Lane (2024)

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