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Adios Amigos (2016)

90 min · Tragicomedy

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Directors

Albert Jan van Rees

Cast

Martijn Lakemeier, Yannick van de Velde, Geert Lageveen, Juul Vrijdag

Three close friends set out on a trip, hoping to lose their virginity.

The story

Lars, Philip, and Joost are close friends who meet at the swimming pool every week. They are eager to lose their virginity, though each faces a serious health challenge: Lars has a brain tumor and uses a wheelchair, Philip is paralyzed from the neck down, and Joost is nearly blind. The three plan a trip to Salou, hoping to meet women willing to sleep with them. Their parents initially doubt the plan but agree after seeing that the van is in very good condition. When Lars has a seizure and is forbidden from going, the boys contact Lub, an advertiser on Marktplaats, and set off with her.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Lars, Philip, and Joost are three close friends who go to the swimming pool together every week, among other things to admire the women there. The three are desperate to lose their virginity, but something stands in the way of their mission: Lars has a brain tumor and therefore has to use a wheelchair, Philip is paralyzed from the neck down, and Joost is nearly blind. The three friends decide to go to Salou together, hoping there will be women there who want to sleep with them. According to Lars, the girls there are very “easy.” They look on Marktplaats for a caregiver with a van. In the end, they choose the caregiver who always takes them to the swimming pool. Their parents are initially skeptical about the trip, but agree when they see that the van is in very good condition. Lars, however, has a seizure and is forbidden from going along. The boys then contact one of the advertisers on Marktplaats. This person is called Lub, and the boys soon dub her the Lubricator. They escape from their parents and set off. In response to Philip’s cynical and resentful attitude, she secretly decides to drive to her home country of Croatia to teach him a lesson. This comes to light in Austria, but she convinces them that their mission has an even better chance of succeeding in Croatia than in Spain. Their parents have meanwhile been in touch with her by phone and are waiting at a Croatian hotel to take the boys back. After a great deal of commotion, the boys escape again with Lub’s help; along the way, she had told them that she also has a disabled child. At a party, only Lars manages to strike up a conversation with a girl, whom he sends away. Lub then decides to take the boys to a local brothel that specializes in serving people with disabilities. Joost, however, stays behind to have sex with Lub. On the way back, Lars dies.

Genres

Tragicomedy

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