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2	[[caption-width-right:230:Ferdy, Erich and Jacob can not be held accountable]]
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4	''A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences'' (original title "Een bizarre samenloop van omstandigheden") is a short Dutch film. It is a graduation film by the Netherlands Film Academy. Winner of the Aspen Shortsfest Best Comedy award 2012, Audience Favorite Palm Springs Shortfest 2012, and the Youth Award Odense Festival 2012.
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6	The film tells about three men from different eras: Ferdy Bloksma (a construction worker working on a new subway tunnel in 2011), Erich Reinhart (a German soldier in World War II) and Jacob van Deyck (a man responsible for transporting wooden pilings to Amsterdam for the construction of the Royal Palace of Amsterdam in 1649). All three of them have a rough day, and make a big mistake because of it. On their own, these mistakes don't immediately have an impact, but combined they eventually lead to the destruction of Amsterdam.
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8	The whole film (with English subtitles) can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6X17GrSdpo here]].
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11	!! The film provides examples of:
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13	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: both Jacob and his brother-in-law suffer from this, resulting in the latter's demise.
14	* AlliterativeTitle: The title of the movie.
15	* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: the inferior type of wood that Jacob accidentally chooses for the pilings, along with the marshy ground of Amsterdam, lead to a chemical reaction that eventually results in a large gas bubble underneath the whole city center.
16	* DearJohnLetter: Erich's rough day starts with him receiving one of these from his fiancee.
17	* DrillSergeantNasty: Erich's major, who first gives him a verbal tantrum in front of the other soldiers and then forces him to polish the shoes of his entire platoon because he showed up late for the morning roll call.
18	* ExhaustedEyeBags: Jacob has these when he finally meets the piling salesman because he hasn't slept at all during the journey there.
19	* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: Despite supposedly being an expert when it comes to pilings, Jacob is so tired from sleep deprevation that he ends up picking the wrong kind of pilings for the Royal Palace.
20	* HairTriggerExplosive: After failing to go off when Erich dropped it over Amsterdam, and spending several decades underground, the bomb is finally triggered by an empty cola can falling on top of it.
21	* TheInsomniac: all three men suffer from sleep deprivation, and their errors are a direct result of this. Ferdy has a bad night because of his loud neighbors and as a result rams the wall of the tunnel with his excavator, smashing a hole in the sewer pipe directly behind it. Erich spends a large portion of the night polishing shoes and then immediately has to embark on a mission to England, leading to him falling asleep in the plane and accidentally dropping a bomb. Jacob hardly gets any sleep during his 30-day journey to get pilings because his nephew constantly plays the guitar, and as a result he chooses the wrong type of wood for the pilings.
22	* LoudOfWar:
23	** Ferdy's neighbors have one of their infamous karaoke parties one night, preventing Ferdy from getting any sleep.
24	** Less loud but no less annoying is Jacob's nephews constant singing and guitar play during their journey to fetch pilings.
25	* MeanBoss: Ferdy's boss gives him a severe scolding when Ferdy shows up late for work.
26	* MonumentalDamage: In the climax, the entire city center of Amsterdam is destroyed, including notable landmarks like the Royal Palace and the World War II monument.
27	* OverworkedSleep: Erich falls asleep in the bomber plane because he has been up all night because of his punishment. As a result, he accidentally drops a bomb over Amsterdam.
28	* RageBreakingPoint: The entire way from Amsterdam to the pillage storage, Jacob puts up with his nephew's guitar playing, but on the return journey he finally snaps and breaks the instrument.
29	* RepurposedPopSong: “Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten”, a song about Amsterdam by Dutch singer Wim Sonneveld, is played during the end credits.
30	* ToothbrushFloorScrubbing: Well, shoe-polishing actually, but Erich is seen using a toothbrush for the punishment his major gave him.
31	* WilliamTelling: Jacob and his brother-in-law, during their AlcoholInducedIdiocy, decide to re-enact the myth with an axe instead of a bow and arrow. It results in the latter's demise.
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