The Gang Next Door
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58% Critic Match

The Gang Next Door

5.8 / 10 1980 1h 42mNR Dutch
DramaFamily

Storyline

A gang of city children is secretly practicing to enter a musical competition. All of them plunder their parents' supplies in order to build their own stage and amplifiers. Baffled by these unexplained thefts, the parents decide to hold a meeting as their suspicions turn to a group of camper folks living across from their flat. The tables are turned when the residents take a camping holiday of their own and end up being mistrusted by the locals as much as they themselves did their own neighbors. Meanwhile, the children's gang meets a rival group of kids who are planning to enter the same competition.

Cast & Crew

HC

Harro Coppens

Erik Verginkel

Lead
Bart Gabriëlse

Bart Gabriëlse

Maarten Verginkel

Pv

Patrick van Doorn

Bennie

LH

Liesbeth Hovius

Reene Klein

IM

Ingrid Mulder

Anja

RR

Robert Rook

Willem

Nv

Norbert van der Zwaan

Ronny Jansen

Fv

Femke van der Linden

Karin

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Karst van der Meulen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Gang Next Door is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker