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Sonny Boy(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-01-27
67%
50 Votes
Time: 2h 10m
United by love, torn by fate
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Dutch.
Countries:
Netherlands
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Sonny Boy
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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Overview
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.
Release Date
2011-01-27
Average
6.7
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
United by love, torn by fate
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