Double Play
Theatrical release poster
Directed byErnest Dickerson
Written byEvan Jones
Alaric Smeets
Based onDubbelspel
by Frank Martinus Arion
Produced byLisa Cortes
Gregory Elias
Rose Geddes
Yaron Schwartzman
Volkert Struycken
StarringLennie James
CinematographyPatrick Murguia
Edited byStephen Lovejoy
Music byJay Wadley
Production
companies
Cortés Films
Double Play Production
Distributed byParadiso Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 27, 2017 (2017-01-27) (IFFR)[1]
  • May 25, 2017 (2017-05-25) (Netherlands)
Running time
130 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Double Play is a 2017 American drama film directed by Ernest Dickerson, based on Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion's Dutch-language novel Dubbelspel.[3] The title Double Play refers to a move in dominoes where a player can play a final domino on either end of the snake, earning that team double points.

Plot

Ostrik, now a grown man working as a doctor in the Netherlands, returns to his childhood home on the island of Curaçao and recalls his experiences with his family and neighbors there during a time of colonial unrest in the 1970s. Each Sunday his father Bubu would play dominoes with his friends while discussing a variety of issues as Ostrik would observe. After chasing bus drivers away from an important location for taxi cabs, Bubu becomes the likely choice for president of a newly formed taxi cab union. That Sunday the union meeting for the election is scheduled to be held at his house but the drivers witness Bubu experiencing a day-long losing streak at dominoes and they begin to lose confidence in him until he gives a rousing speech about revolution. Before he has the opportunity to become president, he gets into a fight with the man his wife is sleeping with and loses his life. Ostrik returns years later to confront his father's killer over a game of dominoes.

Cast

Production

The film is adapted from Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion's Dutch-language novel Dubbelspel. Filming took place on Curaçao.[4]

References

  1. ^ "World premiere of Ernest Dickerson's Double Play at IFFR 2017". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Double Play (2017)". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (8 June 2015). "Caribbean Novel 'Double Play' Headed To Big Screen With Director Ernest Dickerson". Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ Tinubu, Aramide A. "Visiting the Curaçao Set for Ernest Dickerson's Latest Feature Film 'Double Play' Was a Journey Rife With History and Understanding". IndieWire. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

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Films directed by Ernest Dickerson
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