A 9-year-old's sugar-fueled sabotage mission disguised as a family road trip.
Inay (9) and her brother have a day off from school and they have to join their father who needs to go on a special trip. During this route, through the awakening city, Inay secretly tries to cause a delay. She knows that if they arrive late at their destination, she will be rewarded with loads of sweet desserts.
Acting
Inay Heijblom's impossibly natural performance—no child actor tricks.
Direction
Weerheijm trusts silence; lets Amsterdam breathe at dawn.
Cinematography
Golden hour magic that makes the city feel borrowed.
Director
Marit Weerheijm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Dutch shorts exploring immigrant family dynamics through children's eyes—Weerheijm shot this during actual dawn hours for authenticity.
The 'special trip' destination is deliberately vague until the final frames, forcing viewers to share Inay's limited understanding of adult arrangements.
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