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2024 Dutch film
De Jacht op Meral Ö
Directed byStijn Bouma
Written byStijn Bouma
Roelof Jan Minneboo
Produced byKoji Nelissen
Derk-Jan Warrink
StarringDilan Yurdakul
Gijs Naber
Raymond Thiry
CinematographyMick van Dantzig
Edited bySaskia Kievits
Production
company		Kepler Film
Distributed byParadiso Film
Release date
Running time91 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguagesDutch
Turkish

De Jacht op Meral Ö is a Dutch drama film from 2024 about the Dutch childcare benefits scandal, directed by Stijn Bouma in his fiction directorial debute. Bouma previously directed two documentaries about the victims of the scandal, Alleen tegen de Staat from 2021 and Sheila versus de Staat from 2023. The film premiered on the 2nd of September 2024 in De Balie in Amsterdam. The film also played at the Film by the Sea film festival in Vlissingen.

Premise

The Turkish-Dutch Meral tries to keep afloat with her two young daughters in Almere when the tax authorities unjustly demand an enormous repayment of €34,000 in child benefits.

Reception

The film was received mixed-to-positive by Dutch critics. Trouw called it a compelling drama about the childcare benefits scandal.De Volkskrant gave the film four out of five stars. While Dagblad van het Noorden gave it three stars out of four. Renske Leijten, one of the whistleblowers of the childcare benefits scandal, praised how the film realistically it depicted the scandal.

References

  1. ^ "De Jacht op Meral Ö." De Balie. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  2. "Nederlands Film Festival | Alleen tegen de Staat". filmfestival.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  3. "2Doc: Sheila versus de Staat - Documentaires". HUMAN. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  4. "Jacht op Meral Ö., De". Film by the Sea. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  5. "www.trouw.nl/recensiesfilm/recensie-de-jacht-op-meral-o-ontpopt-zich-als-een-indringend-drama-over-het-toeslagenschandaal~bafc08a6/?referrer=www.google.com/". trouw.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  6. "www.volkskrant.nl/films/de-jacht-op-meral-o-is-een-terecht-kwade-film-die-weinig-probeert-te-vergoelijken~bcac2dd1/". volkskrant.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  7. "Bruut overheidssysteem vermorzelt alleenstaande moeder | recensie ★★★☆☆ - Dagblad van het Noorden". dvhn.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  8. "Film gemaakt over toeslagenaffaire: 'Zou goed zijn als iedereen deze kijkt'". rtl.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-22.

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