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.
Acting
Sergio Hasselbaink's restrained dignity in every glance.
Production
Painstaking 1930s Dutch detail that suffocates beautifully.
Director
Maria Peters
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
Dennis Rudge
Koos Nods
Monic Hendrickx
Ans Bartels
Katja Herbers
Vera Bartels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Annejet van der Zijl's bestseller; she spent years interviewing the real Rika's surviving children.
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