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Boy Ecury

2003 · 80 min

A somber, reflective journey through grief and memory, heavy with historical weight and quiet tension.

Directed by
Frans Weisz
Genres
Thriller, Drama, War
Starring
Felix de Rooy, Steve Hooi, Johnny de Mol
Overview
In 1944, resistance hero Boy Ecury was executed by a German firing squad at the age of 22. In this historical drama, Dundun Ecury, a business man from Aruba, travels to the Netherlands in 1947 to search for his son’s body. Here, he relives the courageous Boy’s tragic history. When Dundun meets Boy’s suspected murderer, he is confronted with a painful revelation and himself. Inspired by Ted Schouten’s book Boy, een Antilliaanse jongen in het Nederlands verzet.

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Directed by
Frans Weisz
Genres
Thriller, Drama, War
Starring
Felix de Rooy, Steve Hooi, Johnny de Mol
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • war
  • family
  • memory
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
thriller, drama, war
Directed by
Frans Weisz
Written by
Arthur Japin
Starring
Felix de Rooy, Steve Hooi, Johnny de Mol, Gaby Milder, Servé Hermans, Sylvia Poorta, Pierre Bokma, Halina Reijn
Runtime
80 min
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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