Suzy Q (1999)

Interesting facts

Suzy Q is a 1999 Dutch tragicomedy television film starring Carice van Houten and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It is based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with Koolhoven. The film featured van Houten in her first leading role; she worked again with Koolhoven on the films AmnesiA and Brimstone.

Production

Fokkema approached producer Emjay Rechsteiner to turn one of her old plays into a feature film. The play was called Oh Suzy Q, and revolved around a girl and her dysfunctional family in the 1960s who met Mick Jagger. Martin Koolhoven was hired as director, after Rechsteiner was present at screening of Koekoek!, a film Koolhoven made during his film studies in Amsterdam.

On urging by casting director Job Gosschalk, Carice van Houten was cast in the lead role even though she was around 22 years old at the time. They were only looking at 16-years-old actresses previously. The project had difficulties getting of the ground, Netherlands Film Fund refused to provide funding and they ran into legal issues with music licences.

The film is a joint production of Staccato Films and VPRO.

The title refers to The Rolling Stones' cover of the Dale Hawkins song Susie Q.

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