Another Mother ( De nieuwe moeder )

Another Mother (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: De nieuwe moeder
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Paula van der Oest

Written By:
Stan Lapinski
Paula van der Oest

Actors:
Arys Adamsons ..... Elvis
Janis Reinis ..... Juris
Peteris Liepins ..... Dokter
Anneke Blok ..... Karin
Georgette Reyevski ..... Moeder van Marie
Theu Boermans ..... Gerard
David van Lunteren ..... Joep
Kim van Zeben ..... Harre
Hannah Van Lunteren ..... Vanessa
Geert de Jong ..... Marie
Evert de Jager ..... Leo
Dirk Roofthooft ..... Vrachtwagenchauffeur
Eelco Vellema ..... Vrachtwagenchauffeur
Roef Ragas ..... Vrachtwagenchauffeur
Bert Geurkink ..... Ober

Synopsis:

A widowed Latvian father's quest for a much-loved Dutch pen pal, whom he hasn't heard from in three decades, provides the basis of this comedy-drama. The father is accompanied by his traumatized and mute eight-year-old son whom he had to kidnap from a Riga hospital. Together, the two flee towards Holland where the father Yuris hopes to find his long-lost friend Marie, whom he remembers as a great beauty. During the long journey, father and son have several funny adventures, many of which occur because neither father nor son speak much Dutch. They finally arrive at Marie's door empty-handed. What they find, gives them little hope, for the lithe young idealist of Yuris' dreams has become middle-aged and cynical.

Set in Riga in 1992. On the second celebration of Latvian independence from the Soviet Union, ten year-old Elvis is traumatised and loses his power of speech. Desperate, his father kidnaps him from hospital and goes in search of a new mother in prosperous Holland.

A road picture about a father and son, determined to start a new life in the West, who embark on a costly journey in search of the father's forlorn love--his long lost pen pal, Marie.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 December, 2009.

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