The Boy Who Stopped Talking

The story

Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.

Cast

E Erçan OrhanMohammed Akkus (Memo) H Halsho HussainMustafa B Brader MusikiHüsnü Akkus H Husna KilliFatma Akkus P Peter BolhuisVader Jeroen L Louis AtesJeroen Ligthart H Heleen HummelenInge Smeets R Rick van GastelHarry H Han KerckhoffsChauffeur schoolbus S Shielan MuhammadRojda H Han OldigsArts C Coen van Vrijberghe de ConinghPolitieagent

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L Lava SulaymanZin Akkus C Cecil ToksözKemal Mecan J Jack WouterseZwart B Bert LuppesPolitieagent M Mike LibanonBaas van Zwart W Wil van NeervenNieuwslezer M Mark KleuskensPolitieagent P Peter LussePolitieagent T Toprak YalçinerMemo's klasgenoot E Elleke VervatAnnette C Cheyenne TsengSuzanne A Afroditi-Piteni BijkerMemo's klasgenoot P Pieter van HuisMemo's klasgenoot J Joeri de VrijTobias F Filemon SchöfferMemo's klasgenoot H Hessel ScheepstraDirk R Ruben van den BoogertLucas