Axel is Dutch Surinamese, but after 20 years of living in the Netherlands he has become 100% Dutch. He has married a Dutch girl, Victoria, and has never been back. When his free-spirited mother Gladys summons the family to her guesthouse in Surinam for Christmas and an important announcement, Axel, his wife and her sister Mirna reluctantly make the journey. They have barely arrived when the situation gets completely out of hand, with his brother Virgil winding him up and his daughter Wonnie, who is doing an internship in Paramaribo, admitting that she is pregnant...
Acting
Leo Alkemade nails the Dutch-Surinamese identity tightrope walk.
Production
Paramaribo locations steal every scene from the actors.
Writing
Pregnancy reveal lands with genuine emotional whiplash.
Director
Marc Waltman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Suriname's complex post-colonial identity—Dutch passport, Creole culture, Amazon setting—creates a pressure cooker the film barely explores.
Director Marc Waltman shot during actual Christmas season in Paramaribo, explaining the genuine sweat on actors' faces.
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