Far From Family

Documentary about five deserters during the Dutch military campaigns in the Indonesian War of Independence. Of the five men, four now live in Indonesia as Indonesian citizens.

After the death of her husband Ivan, writer Marion Bloem must rebuild her life. While painting, she processes her pain and grief, as she has not yet found the words to put her emotions on paper. Later, the poems come, and after a long inner process, she writes a book. A film about love, loss, and the transformative power of creativity.

A girl walks into a bra shop and finds herself in a wondrous world of discoveries about a changing body and patriarchal beauty standards.

Marion Bloem attempts to connect with the origins of her Indo-European family through conversations about the colonial era, the Indonesian struggle for independence, and the adaptation to the cold Netherlands.