Netherlands Antilles

Plantage Tamarinde

Social drama about a plantation owner who sees his world collapse around him.

Planter Sjon Jan van Leent's familiar world is changing. His son is a disappointment, his daughter marries an educated black man, his wife dies and the plantation is not doing well. When he hears his son has made off with some money, he has a heart attack. From his sickbed he thinks about his life and finally he and his wayward children are reconciled.

Dakota

A Douglas DC-3 and its pilot play the leading roles in a story which switches to and fro between the beautiful natural landscape of the Antilles and the chilly, grey environment of a less exciting Holland.