Anak Indië (2025)
Genre: Documentary / History
Duration: 123 minuten
Country:
Netherlands
Directed by: Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Stars: Adriaan van Dis, Wieteke van Dort and Yvonne Keuls
IMDb score:
7,2 (90)
Releasedate: 26 June 2025
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Anak Indië plot
The Netherlands has over two million people with roots in the former colony of the Dutch East Indies, of whom over 300,000 were forced to repatriate to the Netherlands after the Second World War. For Dutch East Indies people, Moluccan families and Peranakan Chinese, it meant a new beginning in a country that did not always welcome them with open arms. By means of collage animations, music, 8mm archive footage and personal stories of well-known Dutch East Indies people such as Yvonne Keuls, Adriaan van Dis and Wieteke van Dort – the film shows how they had to build a new life.
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mrklm
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Hetty Naaijkens-Regel Helmrich speaks with several well-known Indos (according to Adriaan van Dis' father an abbreviation for "In the Netherlands Due to Circumstances") about the family history. Starts brilliantly with a round from the game show 'De Slimste Mens' (The Smartest Person) in which it turns out that the three candidates know absolutely nothing about Indos and a beautifully animated lesson in "history of the Dutch East Indies", excellently narrated by Adriaan van Dis. Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (an Indo herself) initially makes extensive use of family films and archive footage of the Dutch East Indies. Later, she unfortunately lapses into a collage of talking heads that regularly repeat themselves and fascinating stories are alternated with anecdotes of little meaning. There is a perfect ending ... unfortunately, this film then continues for another twenty minutes in which only the closing song by Wieteke van Dort is worth it.
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