Fabula

Fabula (2025)

Who or what is punishing me?!

Small-town criminal Jos (55) has, to his great frustration, been completely sidelined. His daughter disrespects him, his wife doesn't trust him, and his friends laugh at him openly. As he scrambles to fix a drug deal that went catastrophically wrong, he desperately searches for an answer to the question: Who or what is punishing me!?

Date of release
2025-04-10
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Director
Michiel ten Horn

Casting

Interesting facts

Fabula is a 2025 absurdist crime comedy film written and directed by Michiel ten Horn, and starring Fedja van Huêt, Sezgin Güleç and Michiel Kerbosch. The film revolves around Jos, who was born into a family haunted by disaster and he determined to find out what caused it meets a series of colourful characters who slowly bring him closer to the explanation he’s been searching for. The Dutch, German and Belgium co-production also have Livia Lamers, Georg Friedrich and David Kross in pivotal roles.

Production

The film directed by Michiel ten Horn is produced by New Amsterdam Film Company, Fobic Films and 2Pilots, whereas international sales are handled by The Searchers.

The film was set in forbidding landscape of Limburg (Netherlands) and was shot in November and December, 2023. In the words of the director, "It was grey and rainy all the time, just as we wanted it, and it suited us we wanted it that way." He further explained, "It just had to feel uncomfortable all the time."

Principal photography began on 24 October 2023 on locations in Belgium, Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia, Netherlands. Filming ended on 13 December 2023 with filming locations in the regions of Belgium, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Netherlands.

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