Miss Minoes
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| Dutch | Minoes |
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| Directed by | Vincent Bal |
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| Based on | Minoes by Annie M.G. Schmidt |
| Produced by | Burny Bos |
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| Cinematography | Walther Vanden Ende |
| Edited by | Peter Alderliesten |
| Music by | Peter Vermeersch |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
| Budget | ƒ12 million |
| Box office | $4.8 million |
Miss Minoes (Dutch: Minoes) is a 2001 Dutch family film written and directed by Vincent Bal and co-written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the 1970 Dutch children's novel Minoes by Annie M.G. Schmidt. The film stars Theo Maassen and Carice van Houten as the titular character.
A film adaptation of Minoes was announced in 1999 following the success of The Flying Liftboy. Filming took place around various locations in the Netherlands.
The film was released on 6 December 2001 in the Netherlands by Warner Bros. Pictures under their Family Entertainment label, and was later broadcast as a four-episode miniseries on television by AVRO in 2003. The film received positive reviews and won the Golden Calves for Best Feature Film and Best Actress. Music Box Films released an English dubbed version in the United States on 23 December 2011 in New York City and Chicago.