Cubes of cheese, slices of sausage, a piece of weak cake. Family members questioning your life choices, disapproving looks, one too many glasses of wine. For Nena (27) a typical family birthday. The whole family in a circle, waiting, silent.\r Three birthdays in a row, she takes her new partner Jip with her. Each time she is overwhelmed by a load of criticism from her mother, she will have to learn to deal with it.
Marlijn van der Veen
Nena
Lindy Zimmer
Jip
Carlijn van Vliet
Anne
Dorothé Schretlen-van der Rijt
Johanna
Cubes of cheese, slices of sausage, a piece of weak cake. Family members questioning your life choices, disapproving looks, one too many glasses of wine. For Nena (27) a typical family birthday. The whole family in a circle, waiting, silent.\r Three birthdays in a row, she takes her new partner Jip with her. Each time she is overwhelmed by a load of criticism from her mother, she will have to learn to deal with it.
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