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BuZa - Season 1 (2021)

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Show title: BuZa

Episodes: 4

Playing time: 3 hour and 17 minutes

Developed by: Maudy van Bree

Stars: Werner Kolf, Kees Prins and Sanne-Samina Hanssen

Origin: Netherlands

First aired on: NPO Start (Nederland)

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BuZa plot

Maarten Meinema is appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs when his predecessor dies unexpectedly. But when all kinds of political corpses come out of the closet and one crisis after another presents itself, he has great difficulty earning the trust of his staff. If it also turns out that he is plagued by personal demons, the pressure increases to great heights.

Episodes Season 1 (2021)

  1. 1. De Perfecte Kandidaat

    19 November 2021 (47 minutes)

  2. 2. Rood of Groen

    26 November 2021 (48 minutes)

  3. 3. Alles Lekt Uit

    3 December 2021 (49 minutes)

  4. 4. Lastig Maar Niet Onmogelijk

    10 December 2021 (53 minutes)

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avatar van davince

davince

  • 10 messages
  • 20 votes

Good Dutch series made with care. And I also think Kees Prins is great in all his roles (asshole Edgar in creditors debtors and/or the role of minister). Watched the series yesterday

Maybe not as immersive as Overspel, but I really applaud this kind of quality series on NPO!!

I can also recommend the 2006 film De Uitverkorene for fans of Kees.

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avatar van Suitehome

Suitehome

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  • 608 votes

I admit it immediately; I am ambivalent towards Dutch and Flemish series. Too often the drama is predictable and substandard, or the acting is mediocre. Or all three. Not so in the case of BuZa (Foreign Affairs), the political drama series by director and writer Frank Ketelaar (Red Light, Klem, Overspel). Ketelaar has done a lot of research, and has informed himself well with former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot, among others. You notice that. The events feel realistic and the dialogues run smoothly.

While the De Fractie series was very disappointing at the time and Morten only slightly better, BuZa quickly gets to the point. In just four episodes, the new BuZa minister Maarten Meinema (Kees Prins) is put to the test with sensitive files and corpses from his own closet. Prins is in place and carries BuZa. surly, clumsy, curt; this role shows similarities with his role as Huub Couwenberg in Overspel. The other roles are reasonably occupied, but snowballed slightly due to Prince's powerplay. Werner Kolf as Meinema's assistant suffers the most, and is lost. As if he himself does not know why he was cast for BuZa.

In short, BuZa is not perfect. But a hopeful prologue to a series that should have had four more episodes.

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avatar van De Blauwe Rijder

De Blauwe Rijder

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Kees Prins makes up for it because without him this series would have been a big flop. The meaningless supporting role of Werner Kolf is much too big. Why is he so often in the picture? You saw the end coming from miles away. Why do the Scandinavians succeed in producing one top series after another and we don't?

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