With the idiosyncratic Telefilm De Vaandeldrager Vijf, Joost van Hezik (1982) harshly brings current events into the Rijksmuseum, when a Gang of Five disrupts the presentation of Rembrandt's De Vaandeldrager to draw attention to the victims of the benefits scandal. The comic drama is indicative of the committed character of the maker, who graduated from the Theater School as a director, but now lives as a full-time film and television maker. “Apparently I was the right person to tell this story.”

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