Fabula

DURATION
125 minutes

DIRECTOR
Michiel ten Horn

ACTORS
David Kross
Fedja van Huêt
Anniek Pheifer

OPENING FILM
International Film Festival Roterdam 2025
January 30, 2025

RELEASE DATE
Cinema: April 10, 2025

MORE INFORMATION
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Jos, born into a family haunted by disaster and determined to find out what caused it meets a series of colourful characters who slowly bring him closer to the explanation he’s been searching for. A crime comedy with a touch of fantasy and folklore.

Twelve years after his debut film De ontmaagding van Eva van End (International Film Festival Roterdam 2013), Michiel ten Horn returns to International Film Festival Roterdam with Fabula: a crime comedy with a touch of fantasy, folklore and magical realism.

Limburg’s rich history provides the backdrop for the story of Jos, a strung-out criminal from a family that for generations has been haunted by disaster. Jos is rarely taken seriously by his wife, daughter and friends. When a big drug deal goes wrong, he has a lot to put right and a personal journey begins: why is the world always against him? Especially now, about to become a grandfather, the question seems more important than ever.

Fedja van Huêt shines in the role of the unhappy Jos, as he meets a series of colourful characters who may or may not help him on his quest. In this way, he gets closer and closer to the origins of his eternal unhappiness, driven by the hope of finding a way to put an end to it once and for all.

Text: Koen de Rooij