Squatter's Delight or In Krakende Welstand is a 1990 Dutch drama film directed by Mijke de Jong. It was written by de Jong and Jan Eilander. The film was de Jong's first and she won the prize of the city of Utrecht (De Prijs van de stad Utrecht) at the Netherlands Film Days.
Plot In the early 1980s, a group of people squatted a house in central Amsterdam and then legalised it. Several years later, the city council wanted to increase the rent dramatically and people in the group responded in different ways.
Cast Sophie Hoebrechts ... Eveline Ottolien Boeschoten ... Kaat Matthias Maat ... Michiel Angela van de Zon ... Hansje Pieter Anno ... Maurice Ivo Jansen op de Haar ... Paul Titus van der Bragt ... Martin Bruno van Klaveren ... Marc Robert Jan Birkenfeld ... Architect Jan Lenferink ... Bekende Nederlander Jeroen Planting ... Michiel
Critical response Volkskrant saw the film as giving a "nuanced" view of the squatters movement, however squatters magazine Ravage found the film disappointing.
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