Come with Mum and Dad

My Extraordinary Summer With Tess

1 hr. 23 min. | Adventure | F - family friendly

"- As the youngest one, I must prepare for the day I'll be left alone.

- And you think I am strange?"

A ten year-old Sam and his family head off to the Dutch island of Terschelling on holiday. During their first day there, Sam accidentally meet Tess; a peculiar girl who has an ingenious plan for getting to know her birth father. She's got just one week to make his acquaintance, and she decides that Sam should help her. Although Sam is forcing himself to ractice being alone to protect himself from future grief, he discovers during his adventures with Tess how important family really is.

"Translated by Birutė Avižinienė"

Steven Wouterlood

Steven Wouterlood

Steven Wouterlood directed the children’s television film Anything Goes in 2013 which won an International Emmy Kids Award, the Kids Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and many other prizes. His short film King’s Day likewise won numerous awards. My Extraordinary Summer with Tess is his debut feature film.
Languages
Dutch
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess
Produced
2019: Netherlands, Germany

Film information

Director
Steven Wouterlood
Producers
Piet-Harm Sterk, Joram Willink
Screenplay
Laura van Dijk
Music
Franziska Henke
Cinematography
Sal Kroonenberg
Cast
Jennifer Hoffman, Julian Ras, Hans Dagelet
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