Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 102
Language: VOSC
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Sweet Dreams (2023) follows the arrival of a young Dutchman in a Dutch East Indies colony around 1900. Cornelis, newly married and about to become a father, is reclaimed by his mother, Agathe, on the family plantation after the death of his father, Jan. Going back from Europe to the village with his wife, Cornelis is confronted by workers’ protests and the complexities and absurdities of colonialism. Mother and son, albeit from different perspectives, believe they are empowered to control their subordinates. However, a turn of events occurs when Jan’s is revealed, revealing that he has left the family estate to his concubine, Siti. Ena Sendijarević with the aim of distancing it from the conventional conception of the genre, to insist on the colonial dynamics and their transcendence.
Director
Bosnian-Dutch director and writer Ena Sendijarević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1987) studied directing at the Netherlands Film Academy and continued her training at the Berlinale Talent Campus. Her first feature film, Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), was awarded at the Rotterdam and Sarajevo Film Festivals. Her short film Import (2016) was presented at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and was the official Dutch submission for the 2017 Academy Awards. Influenced by her multicultural background, Sendijarević explores themes of identity, belonging and the complexities of the migration experience. Her most recent work is Sweet Dreams (2023).
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