RAMSES
BIOPIC / DRAMA / MUSIC
NETHERLANDS
2014
RAMSES is a Dutch miniseries directed by Michiel van Erp with script written by Marnie Blok. With Maarten Heijmans in the role of Ramses Shaffy. RAMSES consists of 4 episodes of 50 minutes.
STORY: A chronicle of the rise of legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy, from his early days as a stage actor in Amsterdam in the late 1950s to his rise as a national music icon over the next two decades.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Joop Admiraal (Thomas Cammaert) has been in a relationship with singer and actor Ramses Shaffy (Maarten Heijmans), with whom he traveled to Rome in the early 1960s in search of interesting film work (the letters they wrote to their mutual friend Shireen Strooker were written in 2004). published). Inspired by Federico Fellini's films, they tried his luck as an actor in Cinecitta, where Fellini shoots most of his films. Shaffy and Admiral return to Amsterdam after a short year without illusions.
Ramses Shaffy (Maarten Heijmans) & Joop Admiraal (Thomas Cammaert)
MAARTEN HEIJMANS (2014) December 24, 1983, Amsterdam, Netherland
THOMAS CAMMAERT (2014) April 25, 1984, Ekeren, Antwerpen, Belgium
SPECIAL: Shaffy didn't talk much about his homosexuality. 'He was bisexual, with a clear preference for men. But his love songs are mainly about the love for women.' The last four partners of Shaffy are the actors Joop Admiraal, Ad Fernhout and Vincent Walter. The latter was the "mysterious Bouke," with whom Shaffy had a lat relationship for ten years. Ramses Shaffy has been alone for the last 16 years of his life.
AWARDS: ‘RAMSES’: 6 wins 2 nominations
8.1 IMDB
