Sonny Boy
United by love, torn by fate
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1/27/2011Runtime
130 minsOverview
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.
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A tender, defiant love story set against the rigid social constraints of 1930s Europe, where an unlikely couple must navigate racism, class divides, and family complication to stay together. The film captures both the intensity of their connection and the crushing weight of circumstance.
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Ricky Koole
Rika van der Lans
Sergio Hasselbaink
Waldemar Nods
Marcel Hensema
Willem
Micha Hulshof
Marcel
Gijs Blom
Wim - 13 jaar
Ko Zandvliet
Wim - 19 jaar
Gaite Jansen
Bertha - 15-26 year
Martijn Lakemeier
Jan - 20 year
Leny Breederveld
Mother Rika
Bert Geurkink
Father RIka
Roosmarijn Luyten
Jans
Manoushka Zeegelaar-Breeveld
Eugenie Nods
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