call this movie one of the best dutch in recent year be perhaps not enough . it certainly deserve a spot among the best dutch movie of all time as well . if i have to compare this movie to any other and i would say that this movie be the dutch glengarry glen ross . it have only powerhouse actor in it and the movie doesn not just have one main character and it follow multiple story line from all the different character and it have an excellent write story . don not let the fact that this be just a amade for tv movie scare you of . the only reason the movie do not get a theatrical release be because dutch cinema in general be not very popular by the main stream audience and besides movie like this just do not do well in dutch cinema and regardless of the language speak . a shame because that also in a way mean that not too often dutch movie like cloaca will ever be make and release . this movie however truly screams for more . the story at first start of rather simple but just like in real life thing be more complicated than they at first seem . every character in the movie have problem ( s ) on their own and the one thing that connect everything be their friendship . the four old college buddy and now in their forty and try to help each other but have to cope with their own difficulty a well . by help each other out they discover the true meaning of friendship and start evaluation the way their life be progress thus far and where thing go wrong for them and they let the good old time revive a well . it a real character movie and a movie like this always require some extremely good actor . cloaca really have this . it make the movie and the story and the situation in this all feel very real and understandable . cloaca have the best acting you will probably ever see in a dutch movie . all of the actor in this movie be well taught and establish actor and who appear mostly on the stage . it too bad that dutch movie not too often give the chance to let actor like this shine on the silver screen . ductch cinema doesn not often offer role like these to actor of this caliber . pierre bokma and gijs scholten van aschat and pierre bokma be all probably the best dutch actor at the moment . it also definitely help the movie that the three of them be real life friend and go to college together ( along with the movie it director willem van de sande bakhuyzen ) and it definitely show on screen and since they all have such a great chemistry and share some great anticipation and reaction with each other . it lift their performance to an even high level and make the timing spot on . the movie be deliberately keep low key . no fancy trick be use and the movie mostly rely on tell it story purely through it character . it base on a stage play by maria goo and which star for most part the same actor that also appear in this movie . it mean that the movie also feel tagey at time and with it character and dialog . this doesn not always work out well in movie but there be exception and when there be exception and they be always brilliant one . cloaca be a wonderful example of this . it a real shame by the way that the british kevin spacey stage play version wasn not an huge success . the movie be extremely well direct by willem van de sande bakhuyzen . of course the storytelling be slow but van de sande bakhuyzen direct keep the pace always high and the movie interesting . the movie also have some beautiful cinematography and a suiting musical score . a real lost for dutch cinema and that willem van de sande bakhuyzen die in 2005 of cancer . he make the best movie in his last year and i would have definitely be interested in see more movie of him and definitely if they be like cloaca . positive .