The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013)

Director
Guido van Driel

Main cast
Yorick van Wageningen; Goua Robert Grovogui; Juda Goslinga; René Groothof; Leny Breederveld

Genres
Drama

Description
A criminal from Amsterdam barely surviving a liquidation. An old Frisian farmer bent on revenge. An illegal immigrant with uncertain prospects. Eventually, they meet under an ancient oak tree. Beyond the last town.


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