Sonny Boy

2011
2h 10m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

Ricky Koole, Sergio Hasselbaink, and Daniel van Wijk in Sonny Boy (2011)

The film adaptation of the bestseller by Annejet van der Zijl, based on the true story of a forbidden love.

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Biography Drama Romance War

A Dutch woman and a young man 17 years her junior from Suriname, struggle to make their relationship work in spite of the social and economic obstacles they face.A Dutch woman and a young man 17 years her junior from Suriname, struggle to make their relationship work in spite of the social and economic obstacles they face.A Dutch woman and a young man 17 years her junior from Suriname, struggle to make their relationship work in spite of the social and economic obstacles they face.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Trivia
The real-life Waldy Nods, son of Waldemar and Rika Nods, attended the film's premiere in Suriname at age 81, four years before he passed away. He responded favorably to the film, stating "every time I see their image, I fall in love with those two people playing my parents."

Goofs
When Rika is in the camps, sitting outside in the rain, she has a flashback to an earlier scene that took place shortly after Waldemar moved in and they were all dancing outside in the rain with her young children; Sonny Boy (who wasn't born yet) appears as a teenager dancing in the rain as well.

Connections
Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #9.8 (2013)

User reviews5

Featured review

10/10

Beautifully scripted film based on true events

I love World War 2 films and was looking forward to watching this one. This was a beautifully scripted story that started in the 1920's and depicted love, rejection, discrimination, prejudice and racism. Throw in infidelity and then the evil of the Naxis in World War 2 and the film becomes an epic of the intertwining of lives and the survival of the main characters throughout. It shows the cards we are all dealt with and how people deal with same. This film also depicts huge courage and strength in the face of great adversity and many pockets of kindness and love throughout. It is both heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.

I would most definitely recommend this film and sincerely hope you enjoy it as much as I did...