Dutch Menopause Comedy "Wen Er Maar Aan" Passes 100,000 Tickets Days After Opening

"Wen Er Maar Aan", a comedy about an actress who hits menopause just as her career and her marriage stall and decides to reinvent herself, has sold 100,000 cinema tickets in the Netherlands, earning the Gouden Film, the Dutch award for a local film that reaches that mark and the tenth given in 2026. Dutch FilmWorks opened it in 145 cinemas from October 8. Maike Meijer wrote it from her own book and stars, with Bas Hoeflaak, Matti Stooker, Bianca Krijgsman, Hadewych Minis, Beppie Melissen and Wim Opbrouck; Albert Jan van Rees directs for Kepler Film, with backing from the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the Abraham Tuschinski Fonds and the Slovenian Film Centre.