Based on a best-selling book by Annejet van der Ziji, Sonny Boy centers on the true story of a relationship between a Waldemar, 19-year-old student from Suriname, and Rika, a married Dutch mother of four in her 40s. The couple meet in the 1920s, fall in love, and Rika becomes pregnant soon thereafter, causing a scandal with far-reaching consequences, leading up to World War II. (n Dutch with English subtitles.