Suzy Q (film)

Suzy Q is a 1999 Dutch film starring Carice van Houten and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It is based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with Koolhoven. The film featured Van Houten in her first leading role; she would work again with Koolhoven on the films AmnesiA and Brimstone.

Not to be confused with a 1995 American TV film.
Suzy Q
GenreTragicomedy
Comedy-drama
Written byFrouke Fokkema
Martin Koolhoven
Directed byMartin Koolhoven
StarringCarice van Houten
Roeland Fernhout
Linda van Dyck
Jack Wouterse
Ricky Koole
Andrew Richard
Miranda Raison
Music byFons Merkies
Country of originNetherlands
Original language(s)Dutch
English
Production
Executive producer(s)Emjay Rechsteiner
CinematographyMenno Westendorp
Editor(s)Job ter Burg
Running time82 minutes
Production company(s)Staccato Films
Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
DistributorVrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
Release
Original release
  • 1999 (1999) (Netherlands)

Plot

The film is set in the sixties and revolves around the teenager Suzy, who is part of an uncaring family: father is abusive and unemployed, mother is naive, one brother is the brooding type while the other is habitually stoned.

Suzy surreptitiously manages to gain access to the hotel room of Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull during their visit to Amsterdam. Suzy gets kissed by her idol Jagger and wants to tell the world, but nobody believes her or even wants to hear the story.

Background

The film is a joint production of Staccato Films and the Dutch public broadcasting service.

The title refers to the Rolling Stones' cover of the Dale Hawkins song Susie Q.

Suzy Q won various awards - amongst which a Gouden Kalf for Van Houten - and was the most decorated Dutch film of 1999, which is all the more notable since the film was made for TV. Due to the frequent use of music by the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, Jimi Hendrix, Tee Set and Booker T & the MG's, the film was never released in cinemas or on DVD.

In 2014, to save his project from obscurity, Martin Koolhoven published the film on YouTube.[1] He also asked for the film to be distributed via torrent sites, which promptly happened.[2][3]

Trivia

Suzy's T-shirt (and the imprint) changes color and brightness depending on the mood she is in.

Cast

Footnotes
  1. "Martin Koolhoven zet debuutfilm Suzy Q op YouTube". Moviescene (in Dutch). 19 June 2014.
  2. "Director Wants His Film on The Pirate Bay, Pirates Deliver…". 24 July 2014.
  3. "Can someone throw Suzy Q to the Pirate Bay?" (in Dutch). 16 July 2014.
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