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After the breach with his mother, a teenager who emigrated from Curacao to the Netherlands looks for friendship and romance. Meanwhile, he struggles with his future as a grown man.
Since Malik and his mother moved from Curacao to the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam, they take their frustrations out on each other. Malik seeks refuge in friendships outside, in pranks,spoken word and fights. Until he falls in love and leaves the hood. When the brand-new couple expects a child and he vainly turns to his mother for advice, Malik realises that, despite the circumstances, he is the only one who can decide how to lead his life.

Title: Patroon
Year: 2019
Duration : 16 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 2019

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