# Feuten: Het Feestje

Feuten: Het Feestje (English: Feuten: The Party) is a 2013 Dutch drama film directed Lourens Blok and written by Willem Bosch. It serves as a stand-alone continuation of the BNN television drama series Feuten created by Willem Bosch and Michael Leendertse. The film stars Evita Rozenberg, Manuel Broekman, Tim Murck and Hanna Verboom. Set years after the original show, The plot revolves around old and new members of the student fraternity, H.S.C. Mercurius, who are invited to the opening party of the new school year.
Feuten: Het Feestje was released in Dutch theatres on October 24, 2013, and received mostly negative reviews. The film was awarded the Golden Film.

## Plot

The 18 year old Elias and 17 year old Lieve, are friends, but not a couple. The two go Amsterdam for their studies, during introduction week they encounter former student Bram, who tells them about a party for the students of the fraternity H.S.C. Mercurius, that happens that same evening. Lieve asked if Bram will join the party, he says no at first seeing he hasn't been a student for years at this point, but changed his mind to maybe when he feels nostalagic about his college years. He calls his friends, if they want to join him, which they do.
Long-term student Olivier is joining the party aswell. Following a long line of complaints about their fraternity, the police prohibited the party from happening. The party is being held anyway. Lieve goes to the party, mainly because of Bram. Her friend, Elias, hesitated and would in turn arrive later. By accident and against his will, at arrival Elias is registered as an aspiring member by a girl he will like eventually.
Having their orders ignored, the police arrive to shut down the whole event. Elias sees Lieve going upstairs with Bram. Before he could follow, he was stopped by Beeksma and Noordzij, who make it clear only members of the club have access to the upper level. Beeksma and Noordzij decide to prank Elias, but they accidentally let a cask of beer fall on a police car. Elias watches Lieve and Bram again, but Lieve is not impressed by Elias' appearance at the party. Irritated and angry, Elias goes outside and but bumps into a police officer, who hits him making him turnaround and go back inside. The girl that he met before tends to his wound. Olivier takes a picture of the wound and post it on twitter, which frames Elias as a prominent member of the fraternity who was victim of police violence, which turns him into a hero. The conflict between the party goers and the police begins to escalate, with the latter deciding to call in reinforcements and letting some of the party-goers go.
Bram and Lieve almost have sex, but Bram calls the thing off. Lieve is offended, which in turn Bram says he could have like 500 girls like her. Meanwhile, Elias is having sex with the girl he had just met, but Elias is interrupted by a phone call from a sad Lieve and Elias immediately goes to her.
Some of the people, including Elias and Lieve, obey the police's order and leave the place, others remain. Elias changes his mind and goes back due to other girl. Bram is picked up by his wife and child. Olivier surrenders himself to the cops, hoping that the authorities won't close the whole society. The police close the place anyway. The party ends in a confrontation between the remaiing party-goers and the police. Elias sees his new "girlfriend" being arrested, so he punches the agent, which results in them both being arrested.
The film ends with Elias and his new girlfriend, who is the treasurer of the fraternity, opening a new bank account for a new fraternity named H.S.C. Mercurius. Olivier is convicted with community service, who afterwards begin looking for work.

## Cast

* Manuel Broekman as Bram Wagtmans
* Evita Rozenberg as Lieve
* Tim Murck as Olivier de Ruyter
* Hanna Verboom as Marie-Claire de Ruyter
* Jurjen van Loon as Edward Beeksma
* Ruben Brinkman as Noordzij
* Anna Speller as Nina de Wit
* Judith Noyons as Irene
* Teun Kuilboer as Police Officer Remco
* Marcel Musters as Police Officer Simon
* Willem Voogd as Eric van Earnewoude
* Korneel Evers as Maurin
* Thijs Steenkamp as Hartog
* Jochum van der Woude as Jeroen Beeksma
* Halina Reijn as Femke

## Production

Feuten: Het Feestje was a stand-alone continuation of the BNN television series Feuten. Both Lourens Blok and Willem Bosch reprised their duties from the earlier series, as director and screenwriter respectively. The production took place in Amsterdam with the main party being filmed at the Zonneplein.

## Release

The original release date for the film was October 24, 2013, but a fan that had the Feuten-app installed, an app that allowed fans one-week early access to the episodes of the show, started a petition in jest that demanded the release date to be moved up by a week. The petition proved to be a major succes, receiving over five thousand signatures, with distributor Independent Films announcing that the film would be released on October 24, 2013.

## Reception

The movie received mostly negative reviews from critics, who contended that only you should watch it if you are already an existing fan of the series.
The film was awarded with the Golden Film having past 100.000 visitors at the box office almost a month after release.