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The Bastard

The Bastard

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 2018

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Bastard

Production Companies

Een van de Jongens

Director

Floris-Jan van Luyn

Description

Ethiopian Daniel Hoek has no doubt in his mind that if his Dutch father had not abandoned him he would never have turned to crime. His Dutch father, Joop Hoek, has no doubt in his mind that if his Dutch-Indonesian father had not abandoned him he would have grown up to be a different person. In The Bastard two separate stories of an adult child and an elderly father are inextricably intertwined. Together they tell a harrowing tale about fate and DNA and about how the lack of a father influenced these lives.