De jongen die niet meer praatte

Oct 10 1996 N/A 1h 48m
Drama, Family, War

Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.

Plot

Young Memo is a happy boy who lives in a small village in the east of Turkey. His father lives in The Netherlands, where he works as a foreign labourer. Things are not going too good in Turkey though, Memo and his family are Kurds. When Memo's father hears there's a war going on against the Kurds, he decides to take his family to The Netherlands. But Memo is not all happy about this, even though he almost immediately finds a friend, Jeroen after arriving in The Netherlands. He wants to get back to Kurdistan. Out of protest Memo decides to not speak anymore, to nobody.

Written by

Lou Brouwers

Directed by

Ben Sombogaart

Cast

Erçan Orhan, Halsho Hussain, Brader Musiki

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands

Production Companies

BosBros

Languages

, Nederlands

Awards

3 wins

Scores
# of Votes
113
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA