Sonny Boy

Waldemar is a young Surinamese man attending university in Amsterdam in the 1930s. He becomes a boarder in the house of Rika, a Dutch woman almost twice his age, who is separated from her two-timing husband. Rika and Waldemar fall in love, and when Rika becomes pregnant, her husband takes their four children away from her. With war approaching, her and Waldemar’s problems are only just beginning. Adapted from a novel based on true events.

Sonny Boy (2011)

Region:

The Netherlands

Language:

Dutch with English Subtitles

Rating:

GA

Director(s):

Maria Peters


Maria Peters

Maria Peters

Maria Peters is well known in her native Netherlands for her children’s films. Sonny Boy is her first foray into adult-oriented drama.

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