Roadmovie in which the reticent pig farmer Ben is taken hostage by Amir, who has escaped youth prison. During the nerve-racking ride, he discovers what lies behind Amir’s loud façade.
Pig farmer Ben is taken hostage on his yard by Amir, who took to his heels during his leave from youth detention. Behind the wheel of his own car and at gun point, the farmer is forced to take the seemingly disrespectful and loud kid to Amsterdam. During these tense hours, the reticent Ben finds out what Amir really has on his mind. Drama in which two completely dissimilar individuals with different backgrounds and a generation gap to boot reach a mutual understanding in an extreme situation. Until something goes wrong, after all.
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