Sweet Dreams (2023)
Tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.
- Date of release
- 2023-09-28
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Ena Sendijarević
Casting
- Hayati Azis — Siti
- Renée Soutendijk — Agatha
- Florian Myjer — Cornelis
- Lisa Zweerman — Josefien
- Kaan Lativan — Reza
- Rio Kaj Den Haas — Karel
- Hans Dagelet — Jan
- Peter Faber — Reverend
- Verdi Solaiman — Hong
- Chris Nietvelt — Friend Agathe
- Bart Klever — Hendrik
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Réunion
- Awards: 6 · Nominations: 2. Including: Gouden Kalf; Golden Calf for Best Feature Film; Golden Calf for Best Actress; Golden Calf for Best Director
Sweet Dreams is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Ena Sendijarević, and starring Renée Soutendijk and Hayati Azis. An international co-production between the Netherlands and Sweden, the film is set on a plantation in the Dutch East Indies around the beginning of the 20th century and takes a critical look at the Dutch colonial past.
Production
Filming was planned to take place Indonesia in the summer of 2021 but was forced to relocate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The production eventually moved to Réunion, an island and overseas department of France, where the film was shot in the summer of 2022.
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