'Penknife' at Erasmus Huis

'Penknife' at Erasmus Huis

JAKARTA (JP): Dutch cultural center Erasmus Huis will screen
Het Zakmes (The Penknife) on Sunday, a Dutch-made film which won
an Emmy award in 1993.

Directed by Ben Sombogaart, the film will be screened at 2
p.m. and 7 p.m. at the center on Jl. Rasuna Said.

The main cast of the film, which is about the bonds of
friendship, are Oliver Tuinier, Adelheid Roosen and Genio de
Groot.

Mike and Tim are two 6-year-old friends. On their first day at
school, Tim has bad news: he is going to move in a few weeks'
time.

When they have to say goodbye, they don't know what to say to
each other. They shyly play with Tim's red penknife. In the
opening, when getting undressed, Mike discovers Tim's penknife in
his trousers pocket. He might have put it there accidentally.

The next morning, Mike rushes to Tim's house to give the knife
back, but it is too late. He finds Tim's house empty. So a lonely
search for Tim starts. Mike tries everything to find his old
friend, writing letters, taking a train and placing an advert in
a newspaper.

But in his naivete, Mike keeps making little mistakes which
wreck the whole adventure. He almost gives up hope as he watches
a TV show in which children sing songs they wrote themselves.
Then he suddenly has a brilliant idea, which will put him on
Tim's trail.

The film has English subtitles.