Upstream

Directed by
Danyael Sugawara

Written by
Marieke van der Pol

Production
Topkapi Films, NCRV

Release year
2009

Runtime
100 min

Story

Damiaan has passed his final exams and leaves home to live in digs. His mother, who raised him alone after his father died, finds a new love, Roel, who is a barge skipper. At this crucial moment in their lives, Aleid and Damiaan’s roads part. When Aleid decides to move in with Roel, everything changes. Aleid and Damiaan have both lost their shared home and threaten to lose every contact. Will the love between mother and son survive?