Minous
Tibbe, junior journalist at the local newspaper The Killendoorn Times, is about to be fired.
He is, in fact, too shy to be a good journalist, but the editor-in-chief is prepared to give him one more chance.

While Tibbe racks his brains to find a subject for a good story, he meets the extraordinary Miss Minoes. She claims she used to be a cat and indeed behaves like one: she purrs, she rubs her face against other people's faces, she loves to sleep in a box, and she communicates with cats.
Tibbe does not know what to make of Miss Minoes, but as she supplies him with exclusive news thanks to her relations with cats, he decides to make her is assistant in return for bed and board.

Follows an amazing adventure against the background of the small, typically Dutch town of Killendoorn, where everybody knows everybody and has a finger in everybody's pie. The numerous cats in Killendoorn observe mankind and supply Miss Minoes - and therefore Tibbe - with the latest news. Tibbe becomes a successful journalist and tries to keep Miss Minoes out of the picture. This leads to strained relations between himself and his downstairs neighbor - eight years old Bibi van Dam. And between Tibbe and Miss Minoes all is not well either. Tibbe takes advantage of Miss Minoes' 'cat news service', but does not want Miss Minoes to behave like a cat. Bibi on the other hand, accepts Miss Minoes the way she is.
After an adventurous night, when Miss Minoes teaches Bibi to walk on the roofs, they become very close friends.

One day the cats discover that Mr. Ellemeet - managing director of the city's most important factory and highly regarded local benefactor - is in fact rather a scoundrel.
When Miss Minoes sees to it that Tibbe publishes Mr. Ellemeet's nasty affairs, the whole town turns against Tibbe. And when Tibbe refuses to rectify his article, he is fired on the spot. But Miss Minoes and her 'cat news service' refuse to put up with this. By means of a wicked plan and Bibi's help they manage to publicise the evidence of Mr. Ellemeet's guilt, whereupon Tibbe is rehabilitated. Unfortunately this moment of triumph is overshadowed by rumours that Miss Minoes has decided to become a cat again. Only when she had disappeared Tibbe realises how much Miss Minoes means to him. In his attic he unburdens his heart to Bibi, but who - to his great joy - appears at his attic-window...?
A happier ending is inconceivable.




Productiejaar 2001
Leeftijd
Lengte Feature film: 88 minutes, television-series: 4 x 25 min

Crew
Regie Vincent Bal
Scenario Tamara Bos in samenwerking met Burny Bos en Vincent Bal
Producent Burny Bos
Co-producent Jan Roelfs, AVRO, CV Minoes
Executive producer Michiel de Rooij
Uitvoerend producent Sabine Veenendaal
D.O.P. Walther Vanden Ende
Production design Vincent de Pater
Geluid Mark Glynne
Licht Franc van Zutphen
Kostuum Bernadette Corstens
Make-up Mariel Hoevenaars
Editor Peter Alderliesten
Music Peter Vermeersch
Stills fotograaf Jaap Vrenegoor, Victor Arnolds

Cast
Minoes Carice van Houten
Tibbe Theo Maassen
Bibi Sarah Bannier
Meneer Ellemeet Pierre Bokma
Mevrouw Ellemeet Marisa van Eyle
Mevrouw van Dam Olga Zuiderhoek
Meneer van Dam Kees Hulst
Harry de Haringman Hans Kesting
Burgemeester Jack Wouterse
Pia Bongers Lineke Rijxman
Roddeltantes Bianca Krijgsman, Plien van Bennekom
Sjoerd de Wit Bas Teeken
Jakkepoes Annet Malherbe
Simon de schoolkat Wim T. Schippers
Zus Minoes Katja Schuurman
Mevrouw Pastoor Paul Haenen
Joop Frits Lambrechts
Tante Moortje Loes Luca
Tinus Hans Teeuwen
Leentje Kim van Kooten

Awards
  • NFF (Dutch Film Festival) & NFF (Dutch Film Fund) Utrecht & Amsterdam 2001 Golden Film
  • NFF (Dutch Film Festival) & NFF (Dutch Film Fund) Utrecht & Amsterdam 2001 Platina Film
  • ICFF (International Children's Film Festival) Montreal Canada 2002 CIFEJ Award
  • International Film Festival for Children Cairo Egypte 2002 Award Best Film by Children's Jury
  • View Finders, International Film Festival for Youth Halifax Canada 2002 Gordon Parsons Award for Best Feature Film
  • Avond van de Nederlandse Speelfim (Evening of the Dutch Feature Film) Den Haag 2002 Jenny (Best attended Dutch Film)
  • NFF Utrecht 2002 Golden Calf Best Film
  • NFF Utrecht 2002 Golden Calf Best Actress
  • NFF Utrecht 2002 Skrien Poster Award
  • Le Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski Canada 2002 Camério Best Actress
  • CICFF (Chicago International Children's Film Festival) USA 2002 Children's Jury Prize for the Best International Live-Action Feature Film
  • Bielefelder Kinder- und jugendfilmfest Bielefeld Duitsland 2002 Children's Jury Prize for Best Film
  • MEDIASalles International Festival of Films for Youth Castellinaria Zwitserland 2002 Euro Kids Award for Best European film for young audiences with a great potential for international distribution
  • Freeze Frame International Children's Film Festival Winnipeg Canada 2003 Freeze Frame Youth Jury Prize for Best Feature Film
  • The Golden Elephant 13th International Children's Film Festival Hyderabad India 2003 Best Live Action Fiction Feature Length Film (more than 60 ')
  • Kids!Cinema!Action! Bloomington USA 2004 Youth Jury Award
  • Artek International Children's Film Festival Gurzuf Oekraïne 2005 Best Actress
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