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Abel

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IMDB ID: tt0090579

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Abel has never left home (literally). After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. But Victor's wife Duif accuses him of having an affair, and in the ensuing row Abel is thrown out into the street. But help is at hand when he runs into kind-hearted stripper Zus - whose show Victor is obsessed with…

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Alex van Warmerdam

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Henri Garcin

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Olga Zuiderhoek

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Annet Malherbe

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Loes Luca

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Peer Mascini

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Marc van Warmerdam

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Alex van Warmerdam

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Frans Weisz

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Alex van Warmerdam

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Otakar Votoček

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