De piraten van hiernaast: children’s film about a pirate family that goes ashore in a tranquil little town and wants to live honestly
Plot and background
The boy Michael (Matti Stooker) is astonished when a real pirate ship suddenly comes ashore in his immediate neighbourhood in the sleepy little village of Sandburghausen. The pirate family Donnerbüchsen lives on the ship and plans to live an honest life far away from the sea. While father Hector (Egbert Jan Weeber), wife Betsie (Sarah Janneh) and their son Billy (Samuel Beau Reurekas) are initially the number one topic of conversation in the village, the tide soon turns.
Thanks to Michael and his neighbour Elizabeth (Celeste Holsheimer), Billy quickly makes friends and the older guard around Hector and the grandfather also find the neighbourhood very pleasant. Problems only arise when the family’s arch-enemy shows up. The pirate Cornelius (Tygo Gernandt) steals the Donnerbüchsen family’s treasure chest. Now the family has to prove that they can also earn money in an honest way and without raiding. While Cornelius wants the pirate family to return to the sea, Michael and Elizabeth want to help their new friend Billy leave the old life behind.
“My friend the pirate” – background, cast, cinema release
Despite the corona pandemic, the book adaptation “My Friend the Pirate” was a hit at the box office in the Netherlands when it was released in 2020 and became the sixth most successful film of the year. The novel was written by Reggie Naus, who has since created an entire series of children’s books about the pirate family.
While the second part will be released in the Netherlands in 2022, “My Friend the Pirate” will be released in Germany on 19 May 2022.
In front of the camera are the child actors Matti Stooker (“Seven Little Criminals”) and Samuel Beau Reurekas (“Circus Noel”) as well as the older cast of Egbert Jan Weeber (“Path of the Warrior”) and Tygo Gernandt (“Black Death”).
