THE DAY MY FATHER BECAME A BUSH

TOEN MIJN VADER EEN STRUIK WERD

By Nicole VAN KILSDONK

EYE FILMMUSEUM - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2016

When war breaks out in the south, Toda's father has to defend his country. Toda is sent to a neighbouring land, which is not a simple journey in wartime.
SALES: BETA CINEMA


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
TIFF Kids
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, Children's, Family
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nicole VAN KILSDONK
    • Writer(s)
    • Nicole VAN KILSDONK, Maureen VERSPRILLE
    • Producer(s)
    • Leontine PETIT (LEMMING FILM), Joost DE VRIES (LEMMING FILM), Eva EISENLOEFFEL (LEMMING FILM), Fleur WINTERS (LEMMING FILM)
    • Synopsis
    • Toda’s father is a pastry chef. Everyday he rises before dawn to make all different kinds of pastries and cakes. Then, one day, everything changes. War breaks out in the south, and Toda’s father has to defend his country. Toda is sent to stay with her mother, who lives in a neighbouring country... not an easy journey in wartime. But Toda is a bright girl who doesn’t give up easily - she is determined to find her mother. An adventure story with laughs, thrills and emotion.