Els Dottermans

Acting

Els Dottermans

Born 1964-01-16 · Leuven, Flanders, Belgium

Acting credits

Beck – De gesloten kamer poster
8.0

A police officer investigates the case of a man shot dead in a room locked from the inside. A suicide? Then where's the gun?

Beck – De gesloten kamer

1993

The Soundman poster
7.5

May 1940. As Europe trembles on the brink of war, two lives cross within Brussels’ legendary Flagey building, the beating heart of national radio. Elza, a young actress making her debut in radio drama, meets Berre, a gifted soundman with a magical ear. She is enchanted by storytelling; he finds solace in sound. Their encounter sparks a love that dares to exist beyond the rising shadow of their time.

The Soundman

2025

Antonia's Line poster
6.9

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

Antonia's Line

1995

Home poster
7.0

After 17-year-old Kevin is released from prison for violent behavior he goes to live with his aunt and her family including Sammy, his cousin. While apprenticing as a plumber he starts to integrate with Sammy’s group of friends who are still in high school. Like all teenagers they just want to party and ignore any responsibilities, but one of them is hiding a problem at home that will put the entire group in jeopardy.

Home

2016

WILL poster
6.5

Two young police officers find themselves torn between collaboration and resistance as they navigate Nazi-occupied Antwerp during World War II.

WILL

2023

The Intruder poster
6.7

Tom Vansant is an emergency physician from Brussels who is desperately searching for his daughter who ran away from home and is now missing for eighteen months. He meets a girl of whom he thinks that she knows what happened to his daughter but the girl doesn't want to talk about her past. In his search to find out why she doesn't talk about it he ends up in a small village in the Ardennes where no one wants to help him discover what really happened.

The Intruder

2005

The Memory of a Killer poster
6.7

Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.

The Memory of a Killer

2003

The Skippers of the Cameleon 2 poster
5.9

The twinbrothers Sietse and Hielke Klinkhamer want to raise money for their ill friend, Marieke.

The Skippers of the Cameleon 2

2005

De nietsnut poster
9.0

For all his life Frank Goudvis has tried not to follow in the footsteps of his father. When his father is mysteriously murdered, Frank loses his alibi for his cherished passivity and decides to travel to the crime scene.

De nietsnut

1994

Girl poster
5.0

Muriel moves from a small village to the big city of Brussels, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide. She rents a room from Laura, who has a room to spare now that her mother is in hospital. Laura is a vital and candid woman who has a child-wish but leads a very chaotic life. Meanwhile, Muriel's mother has a hard time accepting that her daughter leads a life of her own now, and she also faces some changes at the factory where she works. The movie follows the interconnected lifes of these three women of three different generations, who all face different problems.

Girl

2002

Precious poster
7.0

A 17 year old girl runs away form home and finds shelter with a 50 year old man with a psychiatric past.

Precious

1991

The Baby poster
6.2

Joseph learns that his son and his companion have just perished in an accident. They were expecting a child via a surrogate mother in Belgium. What will become of their future baby? Is Joseph the legitimate grandfather? Carried by the promise of this birth which will prolong the existence of his son, the sexagenarian goes to meet the young Flemish woman with a fierce and indomitable character.

The Baby

2023

Two Eyes Staring poster
5.4

Nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa's mother. Then Lisa's father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences…

Two Eyes Staring

2010

No artwork available
NR

Teenage girl Robyn is desperate about joining her older brothers on parties, but they don't want her around. When their parents leave for a business trip, Robyns little brother manages to realize what she has never been able to. She totally loses control.

Robyn O. (14)

2012

Love Belongs to Everyone poster
6.0

Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl trouble, but his victim's sister Barbara starts a hate campaign. After another girl reports abuse, Dennis is jailed and beaten black and blue daily. Barbara's boyfriend, lawyer Thomas Verelst, accepts to help 'pro deo' (no cost) and pleads that Dennis belongs in a mental institution.

Love Belongs to Everyone

2006

Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas poster
NR

Riko Tik used to be bullied as a kid, now he want revenge. He falsifies the book of the Sint so that it looks like all the kids have been naughty this year. Disguised as king Kabberdas he goes to the house of the Sint to fool the holy man with the wrong book.

Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas

2021

Wat Mannen Willen poster
3.5

We follow the lives of six men searching for true love or just a little happiness at a time when men sometimes have no idea how to be men and what women actually expect of them.

Wat Mannen Willen

2015

Ay Ramon! poster
5.8

Max and Tikkelotje own an unsuccessful theatre company. When Tikkelotje notices Ramon - the faithful companion to Saint Nicholas - playing the guitar and singing, she decides to kidnap both him and Slechtweervandaag, Saint Nicholas’s trusty steed. Saint Nicholas is devastated, but eventually he pulls himself together and goes around the houses to collect the children’s wishlists. An adventure involving assorted people then ensues as he tried to beat the clock to rescue the hapless pair.

Ay Ramon!

2015

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2018

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint poster
NR

Sinterklaas is coming to our country again! As is tradition, he will once again give his speech from the balcony of Antwerp City Hall.

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2023

Safety First - The Movie poster
5.6

Four security guards are going to work at the world-famous dance festival Tomorrowland. While there, Luc discovers that Dirk has feelings for... a man. But no one believes him (Ingrid promised Dirk she would keep his secret many years ago and Smos is busy trying to launch his own dance hit).

Safety First - The Movie

2015

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint poster
NR

Sinterklaas is coming to our country again! As is tradition, he will once again give his speech from the balcony of Antwerp City Hall.

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2022

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2020

Tot ziens poster
7.5

A woman falls in love with a married, Belgian man. She finds out that he's married too late... although it's the second thing he says. The rest of the film is about the struggle of the man between his two loves, and of the woman not able to finish the hopeless and dangerous relationship. The title "tot ziens" (au revoir, a farewell greeting that implicates that one will see eachother again), is the ironic description of the film, which is about going away for good and then coming back again, because something is always stronger than your ratio.

Tot ziens

1995