

Erik is a Dutch ten year-old schoolboy who is studying insects at school, and gets shown and explained a bit about them by his kind and knowledgeable nature-loving grandfather, whose country estate is a good place to do so and turns out to have a book on insects, which allows Erik to pass for one night, rather like Alice in Wonderland, as a miniature man among thus giant-looking, talking insects, who discuss their and other species and their lives with him, mainly winged ones, such as bee, fly and wasp.

Jasper Oldenhof
Erik Pinksterblom
Lead
Jörgen Raymann
Hommel

Lenette van Dongen
Leraar

Anne-Mieke Ruyten
Moeder
Yale Sackman
Rosalie

Hugo Haenen
Vader

Jaak Van Assche
Opa
Merijn van Heiningen
Victor Sjollema
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gidi van Liempd's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Erik or the Small Book of Insects is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”