Monique van de Ven Movies

According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give...

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

Lily works as a checkout girl at the local supermarket. She becomes pregnant, but before the child is born, the black father is attacked by skinheads...

A bored company owner decides to find out what it is like to be one of his workers. During his "transformation" he falls in love with a cafeteria...

This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three...

Isabelle is a famous and beloved actress from the Netherlands, who disappears when on Holiday in Belgium. She has been kidnapped by bartender Jeanne...

A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for...

Four women are sick of being poor. They decide to rob a bank. They are surprised how easily they get away with it and start to commit more robberies....

Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also...

A California metal sculptor becomes a suspect after someone kills his gallery-owner lover.

A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his plane in the air.

Two women decide to exchange lives after getting into contact through a newspaper ad.

A veterinarian lives together with his sister and her son in a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He has to cope with gossip and...

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things...

After seven months of pregnancy a husband and wife learn that their unborn child won't survive for long.

An ageing GP tries to convince his son in law to take over his practice. Monique van de Ven plays the doctor's daughter, who is torn apart by love of...

Seven socio-economically successful women around the age of fifty come together in France for their annual multi-day bike ride.

Thirty years ago Sylvia Kristel became world-famous with 'Emmanuelle'. This erotic film was the starting point of a curious career, during which...

A young painter takes up French lessons with an elder lady to ensure he’ll get a grant for a French arts institute. That way he meets Anna, a...

The tropical plant Divina Gloria comes to fruition once every hundred years. For the duration of only one night she shows her exuberant beauty. Then...