Movie Details
Original Language:Dutch
Production Companies:New Amsterdam Film Company
Cast & Crew
D
Daan van Citters
as Self
T
Thomas den Drijver
Producer
S
Sander Verdonk
Producer
D
Daan van Citters
Director
Waves of War
DirectorDaan van Citters
1 hr 14 minDocumentary
Plot
Daan van Citters and Joenoes Polnaija retrace the footsteps of their grandfathers in Indonesia. They both fought for the Netherlands against Indonesian independence: Daan’s grandfather went voluntarily from the Netherlands, Joenoes’s as a Moluccan soldier in the Dutch colonial army, KNIL. Their poignant journey forces them to ask themselves some difficult questions about guilt, shame and transgenerational transmission.