Bolletjes Blues

Bolletjes Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brigit Hillenius Karin Junger
Produced by	René Huybrechste Joram Willink
Written by	Brigit Hillenius Karin Junger
Starring	Negativ Sophie van Oers SugaCane Mr. Probz
Music by	Joram Willink, Giorgio Tuinfort distributor = Buena Vista International
Release date	March 23, 2006
Running time	92 min.
Language	Dutch

Joram Willink, Giorgio Tuinfort

Bolletjes Blues (Gangsta Blues, also known as Bling!) is a 2006 Dutch musical film with Negativ as the main character, Spike.

Spike is a young black man from Suriname who lives in the Bijlmermeer. He is a student first, but drops out. In order to have enough money to impress his white girlfriend Rosalie (Sophie van Oers) he joins a gang led by Delano (SugaCane) and commits various robberies.

A related gang operates a cocaine smuggling route from Suriname to the Netherlands with mules swallowing cocaine pellets. As a mule, Spike is arrested on departure from Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (Zanderij) near Paramaribo, and incarcerated at Santo Boma prison.

Rosalie volunteers as mule also, in order to be able to visit Spike. The film ends after this visit, it does not show whether she actually swallows and smuggles cocaine pellets.

The film debuted at #8, grossing over €63,196 in its first week. The second week, it dropped to #10, grossing only €41,556 in that week. A total of €104,752 in the Netherlands.