
I Am Johnnie
Documentary
Overview
A documentary about three men in the criminal environment of Amsterdam as they deal with unemployment, probation, and divorce.
Top Cast
Dikke Bobbie
Dikke Bobbie
Himself
Dikke Bobbie
Himself
Jantje de Sloper
Jantje de Sloper
Himself
Jantje de Sloper
Himself
Verbrande Herman
Verbrande Herman
Himself
Verbrande Herman
Himself
Hermien
Hermien
Herself
Hermien
Herself
Jos Winants
Jos Winants
Himself (as Rooie Jos)
Jos Winants
Himself (as Rooie Jos)
Similar Movies

In 2023, there were an estimated 30.6 thousand homeless people. This number continues to rise at an alarming rate. One of them is the headstrong Ruurdt. He has difficulty getting help and cannot adapt well to our society. He is now also in danger of losing the houseboat that was assigned to him. 'Ruurdt' is an intimate portrait of a man on the fringes of our society.
Nocturnal life in the partly deserted dock area of Amsterdam. Director Marjoleine Boonstra encounters lone wolves, leading secluded lives in makeshift shelters, and people that work as pilots, night watchmen or skippers. According to a young pilot `it was actually like a dream', working by the IJ river at night. And this is what it looks like: a dream world. Between interviews, Boonstra makes her camera glide through the area, along the quay, across the water, along cranes, containers and sea-going vessels. A world of lamps, reflections and shadows. In this landscape of stone and metal, an extraordinary group of individuals lives and works. For example, an English woman cleans up a submarine for a party, a refugee from former Yugoslavia has created a place for himself and a night watchman has to `see to it that that boat stays where it is'. Peaceful music emphasises the relative quiet, in which the interviewees reflect on their lives and the harbour.


















