In Cinemas across the Netherlands October 1 '26
Every morning, Sjef, a 73-year-old regional taxi driver, follows the same route through South Limburg, the Netherlands. Same roads, same elderly passengers, same silence. He picks up passengers who rely on his rattling minibus for elderly yoga, doctor’s appointments and their fragile link to the outside world. They are not just his passengers but his social life, his daily rhythm, his last sense of belonging, just as he is theirs. Driving is not simply his job, it is his anchor.
When Sjef is dismissed with immediate effect and ordered to hand in his keys and his bus, he refuses to give it up. He goes out to collect his passengers one last time. At an ordinary T-junction, where he would normally turn right to bring everyone home, he accelerates straight ahead. Away from the village, away from the end, and into what remains for a long time an unknown destination, taking everyone with him.
What follows is a slow, unplanned escape that often becomes dangerous, carried by ageing and fragile bodies. The bus crosses several borders, stopping at garages and youth hostels. Industrial landscapes slowly turn more idyllic as the bus grows emptier. Time loosens its grip. Conversations fade. Routines collapse. Certainties fall away. What begins without a clear destination gradually reveals one: the right to choose. Toutes Directions is a tragicomic, offbeat road film about ageing, autonomy and the quiet rebellion of refusing to stop. A coming-of-age story at the very end of life. Because even when everything seems fixed, all directions remain open.
Credits
Director
Noël Loozen
Producers
Gijs Kerbosch
Guusje van Deuren
Ingmar Conjarts
Executive Producer
Ingmar Conjarts
Script
Noël Loozen
Wessel van Wanrooij
Robin Alper
Douwe Nagelmaker
Dop
Diderik Evers
Editing
Mieneke Kramer
Tobias Cornelissen
Sound Design
Gijs den Hartogh
Cam Dept
Gaffer
Koen van Bergen
1AC
Majid Rezaie
Production Design
Hanneke Wind
Costume Design
Thijs van der Heijden
Hair & Make-up Design
Anne Roozen
Composer
Spinvis
Cast
lead
Fred Goessens
supporting role
Michiel Kerbosch
Erik de Jong
Dries Smits
Frieda Pittoors
Irma van Hoof
Yari van der Linden
Matti Stooker
Luka Kluskens
Pixie Pink
Production company
100% Film
Postproduction
De Grot
Distributie
Paradiso Films