Name: Boy Meets Girl Stories #1: Smachten
Genre: Short, Romance
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Tara Elders, Dragan Bakema, Daniël Boissevain

Dutch cinema often combines understated realism with offbeat humor, tackling moral ambiguity and social change. It balances intimate storytelling with bold, sometimes provocative, visual styles. Dutch films combine art-house sensibility with grounded storytelling, reflecting the country's open, yet quietly complex culture.

Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven in Turkish Delight (1973)

The romance genre features the theme of romantic relationships and emotional connections between characters. These stories focus on the development of love, desire, and intimacy between protagonists, often exploring the challenges, conflicts, and triumphs that arise in their relationships.

Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

The BOY MEET GIRLS STORIES are 34 poetic little films about love.

Boy Meets Girl Stories #1: Smachten (2005)

The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

See which big screen releases you can watch from the comfort of your couch.

Theatrical Releases Coming to Streaming

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Boy Meets Girl Stories #2: Houden van de liefde

June Foray, Suzanne Davidson, Billy De Wolfe, Paul Frees, and Jackie Vernon in Frosty the Snowman (1969)

Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Conrad Vernon, and Miles Bakshi in Shrek the Halls (2007)

Bill Melendez and Todd Barbee in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, and John Krasinski in Threat Level Midnight: The Movie (2011)

Freddie Frinton and May Warden in Dinner for One (1963)

Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black, and James Hong in Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)

Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Red Nose Day Actually (2017)

Jim Fortier, John Garry, Nick Gibbons, Ava Kelly, Michael Kohler, Linda Miller, Tara Ochs, Dave Willis, Casper Kelly, Dan Triandiflou, Mary Kraft, Adam Pinney, John Curran, Candace Mabry, Brandon Betts, John Crow, Shawn Coleman, Paul Painter, Katie Adkins, Matt Foster, Aimee Holmberg, Nilsa Castro, Morgan Burch, Steve Bowlin, Cameron Boling, Matt Sparks, Ben Peck, Katelyn Nacon, Jayla James, Matt Burke, Ali Froid, Edward Kercado, Aidan Gudmundson, Jennifer Giles, William Tokarsky, James White, Oz Shaw, Mary McGahren, Michael D. Jenkins, Cynthia E. Jenkins, Amy Rollins, Aurangzeb Haq, Derick Huffmaster, Jeffrey Kim, Jonathan Jackson, Heather Kelly, Maggie Kelly, Rachel DeJulio, Jeremy Harrington, and Layla Rae Neal in Too Many Cooks (2014)

Boy Meets Girl Stories #1: Smachten

Photos

Top Cast19

User reviews

More like this

Related interests

Storyline

Did you know

Top picks

Details

Tech specs

Contribute to this page

More to explore

Recently viewed