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Sonny Boy is a film of genre Drama directed by Maria Peters with Ricky Koole
Sonny Boy (2011)
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Add to a movie listSonny Boy is a 2011 Dutch film directed by Maria Peters, after the book by Annejet van der Zijl, based on a true story about interracial love during the WW2. The film was produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
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In 1928, a young man from Suriname named Waldemar Nods (Sergio Hasselbaink) goes to the Netherlands to study. His dark skin stands out and causes discrimination. He moves to lodging in The Hague with Rika, who went to live separated from her deeply religious husband Willem, after she discovered him cheating with the maid Jans. She has taken all four of their children (Willem, John, Bertha and Henk) with her.Actors
Ricky Koole
(Rika van der Lans)
Marcel Hensema
(Willem)
Ko Zandvliet
(Wim - 19 jaar)
Gaite Jansen
(Bertha - 15-26 year)
Martijn Lakemeier
(Jan - 20 year)
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