The Directors

In 1984 Ate de Jong Dick Maas and George Schouten founded The Directors a band made up of movie directors Later on more directors joined and so did actors actresses and singers This documentary follows the band members at home on the set at rehearsals and during performances Its a story of friendship opposing characters growing old and ambitions and illusions Anecdotes and archive films provide a hilarious flashback on the lives of the film friends Time has treated them well Everybody is or has been successful To rough it all up they decide to write a song that will be played at one of the band members funeral