The Black Meteor is a 2000

2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

 Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Guido Pieters

Guido Pieters

Guido Pieters is a Dutch film director.His films include:*Op Hoop van Zegen*Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld-External links:...

. The film is based on the novel by Tom Egbers

Tom Egbers

Tom Egbers is a Dutch journalist, writer and TV presenter . He studied at the School voor de Journalistiek in Utrecht, and was employed by Studio Sport in 1984 as presenter. Between 1990 and 1992 Egbers worked for Veronica...

, a Dutch sports journalist, which was adapted for the screen by Kees van Beijnum. The novel fictionalizes the story of Steve Mokone

Steve Mokone

Stephen Madi Mokone OIG is a former South African footballer who was the first black player to play in a professional European league...

, the first black player to play in a professional European league.

Plot

The movie is set in the 1950s, when soccer club SC Heracles

Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...

 from Almelo, in the rural east of the Netherlands, acquires an African player. Steve Mokone makes Heracles a successful team, while changing every aspect of life in the small city. Mokone builds a unique friendship with the 15-year old Felix, but then leaves town as quickly as he came.

Reception

Scott Foundas, writing for Variety

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, was not overly positive, criticizing its "holier-than-thou coming of age/race relations" quality.

Cast

• Jet Novuka - Steve Mokone
• Erik van der Horst - Felix
• Gijs Scholten van Aschat - Schouten, Heracles chairman
• Peter Tuinman - Verbeek's father
• Lieneke le Roux - Verbeek's mother
• Thekla Reuten
  Thekla Reuten
  Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten is a Dutch actress.Reuten was born in Bussum, Netherlands, the daughter of an Italian mother and a Dutch father. Reuten portrayed Duncan MacLeod's love interest Anna in Highlander: The Source, released in September 2007...
  
   - Vera
• Roef Ragas - Jaap Stegehuis
• Caro Lenssen - Mies
• Angelique de Bruijne - neighbor
• Aus Greidanus - Heracles coach
• Wouter van Oord - Tim
• Guus de Wit - Jan
• Benten Wijnen - Jan (as Benten Bastiaan Wijnen)
• Jop Kappelhoff - Koen
• Frederik Brom - Rooie Gaait (as Freek Brom)

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