Pupil Abel is the victim of Laura's nasty prank, yet gets accidentally blamed and overreacts. His ma withdraws him from school and gets him a job as lift-boy. But its' a special lift: when he pushes the forbidden green button, it takes him, Laura, Jozias Tump and Maria Klaterhoen to Manhattan. There he's mistaken by a rich bitch who looks like his mother for her long missing son Johnny. When a police helicopter comes to tow the lift cabin, the Dutchmen get back in. It takes them to a Latin American country, Perugona. The new revolutionary leader realizes presidents live about one year, so he gives the job to Mr. Tump, who saved his life. The news coverage attracts Abel's and Johnny's family, in time for an even weirder finale.

The Flying Liftboy

Verzet is a black comedy set against the background of the Second World War about the tension between a timid porcelain collector and his cheeky chain-smoking woman in hiding. Film within the framework of One Night Stand VIII, 50 minutes. Premiered in the Golden Calf competition of the Netherlands Film Festival, 2013.