LOUIS

Unique portrait of Louis van Gaal; the total man behind an unprecedented football phenomenon

Doxy
Sport

Unique portrait about the development of the phenomenon Louis van Gaal, his unprecedented career and the extraordinary man behind the much-discussed image. Followed for three years, the current national coach looks back on his colourful life together with national and international football stars, his wife and daughters.

Cast

Louis van Gaal
Truus van Gaal-Opmeer
Brenda van Gaal
Renate Voortman-Van Gaal
Gerard van Gaal
Wladimir Donse
Edgar Davids
Saïd Ouaali
Luís Figo
Frank en Ronald de Boer
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Stijn Schaars
Uli Hoeneß
Arjen Robben
Wayne Rooney
Xavi Hernández

Credits

Director • Geertjan Lassche
Script • Geertjan Lassche & Harmen Jalvingh
DoP • Onno 't Hooft & Geertjan Lassche
Sound • Alex Booy & Carla van der Meijs
Editor • Mario Steenbergen
Sounddesign • Alex Booy, Jac Vleeshouwers & Rob Dul
Postproduction • Amator
Producer • DOXY Films
Broadcaster • Omroep MAX
Distribution • Dutch Film Works
With the support of • Nederlands Filmfonds, NPO-fonds, CoBO, Netherlands Film Production Incentive

Artwork

Posterdesign •

Festivals

Kristallen Film

Reviews

"Open-hearted, vulnerable but above all just the way he is"
Fidelity
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"A colourful autobiography"
★★★★ - NRC
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"Van Gaal at his weakest, strongest, enduring the pain"
★★★★ - de Volkskrant

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