

Sonny Boy
2011-01-27 · 130 min · ★ 6.5
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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- Directors
- Maria Peters
- Production companies
- Shooting Star Filmcompany
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Status
- Released
Top 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
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