Dao (2008)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 10M

Director : Marleen Jonkman

Synopsis

Dao (22) is a young Thai woman. She arrives in the Netherlands to share the rest of her life with a dutch called Michel. The confrontation with a man she barely knows in a strange country with foreign tastes, scents and habits makes Dao feel rootless. Does she realizes only now what she has started?

Actors

Dan van Steen
Dan van Steen
Michel
Ratchaneekorn Vichayanon
Ratchaneekorn Vichayanon
Dao

Crews

Marleen Jonkman
Marleen Jonkman
Director
Bastiaan Kroeger
Bastiaan Kroeger
Writer

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