Completed - DUTCH - Drama, Romance - 93 minutes
When teenagers Remy and Juliyat fall in love, their relationship becomes a flashpoint for conflict between their two families in a town divided over the arrival of asylum seekers.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Tessa SCHRAM Cast : Bas KEIZER, Sonia EIJKEN, Kees GEEL, Tess SLEIJPEN, Bilal WAHIB Producer(s) : Kaja WOLFFERS (NL Film), Sabine BRIAN (NL Film), Ronald VERSTEEG (Nl Film)
Two teenagers fall in love, but they’re from two different worlds with very opposite family backgrounds. Remy is intrigued by Juliyat. She’s cool and clever thanks to an eventful and challenging life. Juliyat likes Remy because he’s full of brightness and spontaneity. But being in love in hostile surroundings is no easy task. Desperately, the teenagers try to get together in public and then secretly.Remy’s father is a struggling single dad and he strongly opposes the asylum centre in their town. Juliyat’s family – who live at the asylum centre – see her as their ticket to fitting in. Remy and Juliyat try to bring both sides together, but don’t succeed. Once their love is exposed, the difficult relationship between the locals and asylum seekers explodes with catastrophic consequences. Will both parties manage to bury the hatchet before Christmas and finally work together to save Remy and Juliyat?Remy and Juliyat is a modern day Romeo and Juliet. A story about loyalty, betrayal and the ability to see potential in everyone. A heart-warming and youth-driven drama where love conquers all in the end.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS