Where does the film, that was turned into a novel, take place?
Black Book (film) Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek ) is a 2006 Dutch thriller film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, and Halina Reijn. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during World War II after tragedy befalls her in an encounter with the Nazis. The film had its world premiere on 1 September 2006 at the Venice Film Festival and its public release on 14 September 2006 in the Netherlands. It is the first film that Verhoeven made in the Netherlands since "The Fourth Man," made in 1983 before he moved to the United States.
Ring (Suzuki novel) Ring (リング , Ringu ) is a Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan. It was the basis for a 1995 film (""), a television series (""), a film of the same name (1998's "Ring"), and two remakes of the 1998 film: a South Korean version ("The Ring Virus"), an American version ("The Ring"), and The Ring's sequel, Rings.