13/04/2011

Dutch comedy-drama Always (Alle tijd, literally “Enough Time”) will be released tomorrow on an impressive 97 screens by distributor Independent Films. The film is the debut as a writer-director of Job Gosschalk, one of the Netherlands’ most renowned casting directors.

Partially inspired by Gosschalk’s own life, Always recounts the story of a 40-something gay man (Paul de Leeuw) who brought up his sprightly younger sister (Karina Smulders) after the death of their parents, and who is confronted with a void when she moves out. A diagnosis of cancer changes both their lives.

Gosschalk has been active as a creative producer an initiator of film and TV projects for some time. One of his biggest hits as a producer is the 2007 romantic comedy Love is All [+see also:
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Perhaps not coincidentally, that film, a sort of Dutch-language Love Actually [+see also:
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Always is produced by Alain de Levita for NL Film, in co-production with Kemna & Zonen, the production company of the newbie director. Jos van der Linden is executive producer.