

The Boy Who Stopped Talking
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.
Director
Ben SombogaartWriters
Cast
Erçan Orhan
Mohammed Akkus (Memo)
Halsho Hussain
Mustafa
Brader Musiki
Hüsnü Akkus
Husna Killi
Fatma Akkus

Peter Bolhuis
Vader Jeroen
Louis Ates
Jeroen Ligthart

Heleen Hummelen
Inge Smeets

Rick van Gastel
Harry
Han Kerckhoffs
Chauffeur schoolbus
Shielan Muhammad
Rojda

Han Oldigs
Arts

Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
Politieagent
Lava Sulayman
Zin Akkus
Cecil Toksöz
Kemal Mecan

Jack Wouterse
Zwart

Bert Luppes
Politieagent

Mike Libanon
Baas van Zwart
Wil van Neerven
Nieuwslezer
Mark Kleuskens
Politieagent
Peter Lusse
Politieagent