Sonny Boy

Sonny Boy

2011 · 130 min · NL · 6.8 (41 votes)
Dir. Maria Peters · Starring Ricky Koole, Sergio Hasselbaink, Marcel Hensema, Micha Hulshof, Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet · Music Henny Vrienten

United by love, torn by fate

DramaRomanceWar

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, yet somber, exploration of a love that defies convention. It feels like a quiet confession whispered against the backdrop of societal judgment, steeped in the longing for acceptance and a shared future.

melancholicromanticyearningpoignantslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseintimate character studyforbidden lovesocietal prejudiceage gaprace relations
interracial relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipwoman director1930s
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