Bosnian-Dutch director Ena Sendijarević’s satire Sweet Dreams unfolds on a plantation in the Dutch East Indies that is falling into decay in step with the crumbling of the Netherlands’ colonial power.
Former Paul Verhoeven muse Renée Soutendijk heads the cast as the mistress of the house, who finds herself navigating the mounting chaos on her own after her larger-than-life plantation boss husband dies suddenly.
The situation takes a further unexpected turn when it is revealed that he has left part of his estate to his illegitimate son with the housekeeper, played by Indonesian model Hayati Azis, who is quiet parallel female force in the household.
On the face of it, the Netherlands’ Oscar entry Sweet Dreams marks a departure for Sendijarević, whose breakthrough short Import and 2019 first feature Take Me Somewhere Nice tapped into her experiences growing up as a refugee after her family fled the war in Bosnia.
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