Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas is a 1987 Dutch film directed by Lili Rademakers.
The film's international title is Diary of a Mad Old Man.
Hamelinck, an already old man, suffers from a severe muscle disease and must stop working.
He admired her for years already, but now overwhelms her with gifts and treats her like a queen.
Just before he dies, Hamelinck makes the wish to get Simone's footprints on his memorial stone.