06/05

{{For|the date|May 6|June 5}}

{{Infobox film

| name = 06/05

| image = May6th.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Theo van Gogh

| producer = Gijs van Westelaken

| writer = Tomas Ross

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on = {{based on|De Zesde Mei|Tomas Ross}}

| starring = Tara Elders
Thijs Römer
Johnny de Mol
Tooske Ragas

| music = Rainer Hensel

| cinematography = Thomas Kist

| editing = Merel Notten

| studio =

| distributor = Inspire Pictures

| released = {{film date|2004|12|12||df=y}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

| budget = €1,200,000

| gross =

}}

06/05, called May 6th in most English-speaking countries, is a Dutch 2004 film directed by Theo van Gogh, based on the novel De Zesde Mei by Tomas Ross.{{cite web|title=06/05|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/318410/06-05/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815110342/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/318410/06-05/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Mark Deming|date=2014|archive-date=2014-08-15}}

The film is a fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on 6 May 2002. The lines between reality and fiction are blurred in 06/05. It is the last film of Theo van Gogh, who was himself assassinated in 2004.

Theo van Gogh struck a deal with Dutch internet provider Tiscali over the film's finances. The movie was originally released in December 2004 on the internet, a situation that had never before been seen in the Netherlands; it could be watched via pay-on-demand. It was released in cinemas one month later, in January 2005.

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