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The Little Shipowner

The Little Shipowner

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 14, 1988

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Family, Comedy, Drama

User Score

100%

Original Title

De kleine reder

Production Companies

Belgische Radio en Televisie

Director

Marc Lybaert

Description

A film made for television, based on the book of the same name by Libera Carlier. A Flemish family decides to spend the summer holidays on de Schelde. Father Janssen buys a second-hand boat and together with his wife and two sons he sets sail. What follows is a sequence of pleasant moments and disappointments, watched by the sceptical mother Janssen.