, 1h43 Réalisé parJean Van de Velde GenresDrame, Biographie, Action, Musical ActeursDaniël Boissevain, Marcel Hensema, Andy Nyman, Karina Smulders, Elisa Beuger, George Rossi Rôle Dorien Note64% The film opens in 2001, Herman Brood, having written his suicide note, is on the roof of the Hilton Hotel, as he prepares to jump the film flashbacks thirty years to the period of his greatest success 1974-1979. In 1976 Brood is evicted from the band Cuby + Blizzards, the penniless and drug dependent Brood nonetheless manages to find gigs in the Groningen bar scene. When he plays his bar, Brood attracts the attention of Winschoten bar owner Koos van Dijk, who becomes his manager. Under the inspirational leadership of van Dijk, Brood puts together a band he calls Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. Playing venues at home and abroad Brood and his band eventually find success especially with their album Shpritsz, and the hit single Saturday Night. Daring to dream of global success they embark on a tour of the United States.