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.
The Californians (film) The Californians is a 2005 American independent drama film from Hart Sharp Films starring Noah Wyle. It is a modern-day adaptation of the 1886 Henry James novel "The Bostonians", with the location moved from Boston to Marin County, California, and with the political topic driving the plot changed from feminism to environmentalism. "The Californians" is the second film adaptation of "The Bostonians", after the 1984 film "The Bostonians".