Overview
Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Platinum Film
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2012)
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Based on
Based on Sonny Boy
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Setting
Set in the Netherlands
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Music
Music by Henny Vrienten
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Walther van den Ende
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Annejet van der ZijlNovel
- Pieter Van de WaterbeemdScreenplay
- Maria PetersScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 27, 2011
- Original language
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands
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Cast
Ricky KooleRika van der Lans
Sergio HasselbainkWaldemar Nods
Marcel HensemaWillem
Micha HulshofMarcel
Gijs BlomWim - 13 jaar
Ko ZandvlietWim - 19 jaar
Gaite JansenBertha - 15-26 year
Martijn LakemeierJan - 20 year
Leny BreederveldMother Rika
Bert GeurkinkFather RIka
Roosmarijn LuytenJans
Manoushka Zeegelaar-BreeveldEugenie Nods
Dennis RudgeKoos Nods
Monic HendrickxAns Bartels
Katja HerbersVera Bartels
Thomas CammaertPaul Vermeer / Kees Chardon
Ruben BrinkmanKees Kaptein
Raymond ThiryHuisbaas
Jaap SpijkersTuinder
Anneke BlokTuindersvrouw
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