Sonny Boy (2011)
United by love, torn by fate
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.
- Date of release
- 2011-01-27
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (56)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Director
- Maria Peters
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Platinum Film
Sonny Boy is a 2011 Dutch film directed by Maria Peters, based on the book by Annejet van der Zijl, which itself is based on the true story of Waldy Nods (1929-2015) and his parents' interracial love during the 1920s-40s through World War II.
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