The Black Meteor
De Zwarte Meteoor | |
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Directed by | Guido Pieters |
Written by | Tom Egbers (novel), Kees van Beijnum (screenplay) |
Produced by | Matthijs van Heijningen |
Cinematography | Wouter Suijderhout |
Edited by | Tatjana Schops |
Distributed by | RCV |
Release date | 11 December 2000 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Languages | Dutch English Afrikaans |
Budget | €2 million |
The Black Meteor is a 2000 Dutch film directed by Guido Pieters. The film is based on the novel by Tom Egbers, a Dutch sports journalist, which was adapted for the screen by Kees van Beijnum. The novel fictionalizes the story of Steve Mokone, the first black player to play in a professional European league.
Plot[]
The movie is set in the 1950s, when soccer club SC Heracles from Almelo, in the rural east of the Netherlands, acquires an African player. Steve Mokone makes Heracles a successful team, while changing every aspect of life in the small city. Mokone builds a unique friendship with the 15-year-old Felix, but then leaves town as quickly as he came.
Reception[]
Scott Foundas, writing for Variety, was not overly positive, criticizing its "holier-than-thou coming of age/race relations" quality.[1]
Cast[]
- Jet Novuka - Steve Mokone
- - Felix Verbeek
- Gijs Scholten van Aschat - Schouten, Heracles chairman
- - Felix's father
- - Felix's mother
- Thekla Reuten - Vera
- Roef Ragas - Jaap Stegehuis
- - Mies
- - neighbor
- - Heracles coach
- - Tim
- - Jan
- - Jan (as Benten Bastiaan Wijnen)
- - Koen
- - Rooie Gaait (as Freek Brom)
References[]
External links[]
- Dutch films
- 2000 films
- Dutch-language films
- Films set in the 1950s
- Dutch association football films
- Films set in the Netherlands
- 2000s sports films
- Dutch film stubs