The Claus Family
The Claus Family (Dutch: De Familie Claus) is a 2020 Dutch-Belgian film directed by Matthias Temmermans, written by Matthias Temmermans and Ruben Vandenborre and starring Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker and Stefaan Degand.[1][2]
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| Dutch | De Familie Claus |
| Directed by | Matthias Temmermans |
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Production company | Dingie |
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| Country | Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
Plot
Suzanne moves with her children Jules and Noor from The Netherlands to Belgium as she found work in a Belgian biscuit factory. During her work hours, Noël - her father in law - takes care of the children. By coincidence Jules finds in his grandfathers possessions a magical bulb which can transfer him to any place in the world. He also discovers his grandfather is the real Santa Claus. Noël has a secret working place at some snowy place where he gets help from some elves. Noël gets health issues and is no longer able to deliver the Christmas presents over the world so Jules is forced to help him. However, Jules hates Christmas as his father died the previous year on Christmas eve and is not eager to help. This gets worse after he finds out Santa Claus does not life forever and all eldest sons in his family tree are ought to take over to role of Santa Claus once the predecessor dies or got too old. At same time, the biscuit factory is about to go bankrupt as management does not want to invest in new tastes.
Cast
- Jan Decleir as Noël Claus
- Mo Bakker as Jules Claus
- Stefaan Degand as Holger
- Eva van der Gucht as Gunna
- Bracha van Doesburgh as Suzanne / Mama
- Sien Eggers as Jet
- Josje Huisman as Ikka
- Renée Soutendijk as Oma
- Pommelien Thijs as Ella
- Wim Willaert as Stef
- Issam Dakka as Farid
- Tom De Beckker as Inbreker
- Mieke De Groote as Dokter
- Janne Desmet as Assa
- Amber Metdepenningen as Noor
Production
The movie is produced by Kinepolis Film Distribution and it was the intention to release it on 25 November 2020 in Kinepolis-theatres. However, due to COVID-19 Belgian theatres were closed. Netflix was interested in the movie and got exclusive distribution rights. The movie is available on Netflix as from 7 December 2020.[3]
References
- ""Santa" Claus is Coming to.. Netflix!". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- "Netflix Review – 'The Claus Family'". into:screens. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- Vanmeldert, Dorien (7 December 2020). "Vlaamse kerstfilm "De Familie Claus" in première op Netflix: hoe bedreigend zijn streamingdiensten voor bioscopen?" [Flemish Christmas movie The Claus Family will premiere on Netflx: how threatening are streaming services for movie theatres?] (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 December 2020.