Double Play (film)
Double Play is a 2017 drama film directed by Ernest Dickerson. It is based on Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion's internationally acclaimed Dutch-language novel "Dubbelspel". The title "Double Play" refers to a move in dominoes where a player can play a final domino on either end of the snake, earning that team double points. Plot. Ostrik, now a grown man working as a doctor in the Netherlands, returns to his childhood home on the island of Curaçao and recalls his experiences with his family and neighbors there during a time of colonial unrest in the  1970s. Each Sunday his father Bubu would play dominoes with his friends while discussing a variety of issues as Ostrik would observe. After chasing bus drivers away from an important location for taxi cabs, Bubu becomes the likely choice for president of a newly formed taxi cab union. That Sunday the union meeting for the election is scheduled to be held at his house but the drivers witness Bubu experiencing a day-long losing streak at dominoes and they begin to lose confidence in him until he gives a rousing speech about revolution. Before he has the opportunity to become  president, he gets into a fight with the man his wife is sleeping with and loses his life. Ostrik returns years later to confront his father's killer over a game of dominoes. Production. The film is adapted from Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion's Dutch-language novel "Dubbelspel". Filming took place on Curaçao.