Costa!
- 2001
- 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
2.7K
YOUR RATING
The story about a wild week at the Spanish coast. Romance at the beach, competition on the dance floor. Salty water, sweet kisses...The story about a wild week at the Spanish coast. Romance at the beach, competition on the dance floor. Salty water, sweet kisses...The story about a wild week at the Spanish coast. Romance at the beach, competition on the dance floor. Salty water, sweet kisses...
- Awards
- 2 wins
Peggy Jane de Schepper
- Angela
- (as Peggy-Jane de Schepper)
Nikki Safari
- Empire Propper
- (as Niki Safari)
Carme Elias
- Suarez
- (as Carmen Elias)
Fleur van der Kieft
- MTV Speaker
- (as Fleur van de Kieft)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough this is considered to be the first big Dutch romantic comedy, the movie was universally panned by Dutch critics, which strongly affected the mood at the premiere. Producer Joop van den Ende didn't attend because he believed the film would bomb. Director Johan Nijenhuis got severely depressed, and was worried that he would never make another movie. This turned out to be premature, since the movie turned out a box office success, making Nijenhuis one of the Netherlands' most prolific filmmakers and the 'romcom' the most popular Dutch movie genre in the next decades.
- GoofsThe Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet which is used by the main characters, has a Dutch license with a series reserved for commercial vehicles only.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Allemaal film: Betere tijden (2007)
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It is a typical Dutch habit to dislike anything that comes from Holland. I guess we are too much of a Calvinist country to be able to enjoy anything that we made ourselves. That is why we chased away people like Paul Verhoeven who's films were completely slaughtered by the Dutch critics.
Johan Nijenhuis' film Costa! is a very entertaining and masterly constructed film that is aimed to please. In a genre (romantic comedy) that was not made before in Holland, combined with all the local Dutch stars you can think of and an American-like marketing campaign it is one of the best Dutch films I have seen in years and can be compared with the likes of Coyote Ugly and She's All That. It's result on the Dutch audience equals that of films like Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing.
Hopefully the Dutch film industry is finally growing up.
Johan Nijenhuis' film Costa! is a very entertaining and masterly constructed film that is aimed to please. In a genre (romantic comedy) that was not made before in Holland, combined with all the local Dutch stars you can think of and an American-like marketing campaign it is one of the best Dutch films I have seen in years and can be compared with the likes of Coyote Ugly and She's All That. It's result on the Dutch audience equals that of films like Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing.
Hopefully the Dutch film industry is finally growing up.
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- Budget
- €1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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