The Surprise
Feature Film / Action, Romance
Director
Mike van Diem
DOP
Rogier Stoffers
Activity CVM
Production Manager & Production Team
Production
N279 Entertainment (NL)
FATT Productions (NL)
Riva Filmproduktion
Fastnet Films (IE)
Prime Time (BE)
Release
World premiere 22.01.2015 (Netherlands)
Theatrical release 10.11.2016 (Germany)
Shooting period
2014
Locations
Germany, Belgium, Ireland
Jacob van Zuylen de With, an eccentric millionaire, firmly believes that he has all the time in life. That is why he decides that he wants to put an end to his life. A secret organization, disguised as a “burial institute”, offers a macabre service: in return for payment, they discreetly end the lives of their “customers”, the cause of death they can choose themselves. As always, Jacob, who is undecided, chooses the “The Surprise” package. The customer receives the guarantee of death in the near future, but does not know how and when he will die. When he is asked to pick out his coffin, Jacob meets the beautiful Anne de König, who has also chosen the package “the Surprise”. The two get closer and Jacob is suddenly unsure: Do I want to die at all?