Bolletjes Blues
{{Infobox film
| name = Bolletjes Blues
| image = Bolletjes-Blues.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = {{plainlist|
- Karin Junger
- Brigit Hillenius
}}
| starring = Negativ
Sophie van Oers
SugaCane
Mr. Probz
| director = Karin Junger
| producer = René Huybrechste
Joram Willink
| music = Joram Willink, Giorgio Tuinfort
| studio = {{plainlist|
- Dutch Mountain Movies
- Video/Film Express
}}
| distributor = Buena Vista International (Netherlands)
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|03|23}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| language = Dutch
| budget =
}}
Bolletjes Blues (Gangsta Blues, also known as Bling!) is a 2006 Dutch musical film with Negativ as the main character, Spike.
Plot
Spike is a young black man from Suriname who lives in the Bijlmermeer. He is a student first, but drops out. In order to have enough money to impress his white girlfriend Rosalie (Sophie van Oers) he joins a gang led by Delano (SugaCane) and commits various robberies.
A related gang operates a cocaine smuggling route from Suriname to the Netherlands with mules swallowing cocaine pellets. As a mule, Spike is arrested on departure from Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (Zanderij) near Paramaribo, and incarcerated at Santo Boma prison.
Rosalie volunteers as mule also, in order to be able to visit Spike. The film ends after this visit, it does not show whether she actually swallows and smuggles cocaine pellets.
Cast
- Negativ as Spike
- Sophie van Oers as Rosalie
- SugaCane as Delano
- Raymzter as Musu
- Mr. Probz as Jimmy
- Adigun Arnaud as Shed Block Thug
- Kimo as Fred
- Derenzo Sumter as Melvin
- Goldie as Zamira
- Salah Edin as Abid Tounssi
- MC Aldrin as Beatboxer
- Verginia Olijfveld as Tante Jennifer
- Reina Linger as Manuela
- Mike Reus as Meester Kees
- Glenn Durfort as Ome edje
Reception
CineMagazine rated the film 2 stars.{{cite web |last1=van Alphen |first1=Julien |title=Bolletjes blues! (2006) |url=https://cinemagazine.nl/bolletjes-blues-2006-recensie/ |website=CineMagazine |access-date=29 July 2021}}
VPRO Cinema rated the film 3 stars.(Dutch) [https://www.vprogids.nl/cinema/films/film~1926261~bolletjes-blues~.html Bolletjes blues!]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0461910|title=Bolletjes Blues}}
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