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.
Paula van der Oest
Writer, Director
Stan Lapinski
Writer
Arys Adamsons
Elvis
Jānis Reinis
Juris
Anneke Blok
Karin
Peter Bolhuis
Buschauffeur
Geert de Jong
Marie
Hannah van Lunteren
Vanessa
Evert de Jager
Leo
Theu Boermans
Gerard
Georgette Reyevski
Moeder van Marie
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