Tonio

Tonio

2016 · 100 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

After 21-year-old student Tonio dies in a traffic accident, his novelist parents face sorrow and regret as they suffer the agony of losing their only child.

Directed by Paula van der Oest · Written by Hugo Heinen

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