Another Mother

A widowed Latvian fathers quest for a muchloved Dutch pen pal whom he hasnt heard from in three decades provides the basis of this comedydrama The father is accompanied by his traumatized and mute eightyearold son whom he had to kidnap from a Riga hospital Together the two flee towards Holland where the father Yuris hopes to find his longlost friend Marie whom he remembers as a great beauty During the long journey father and son have several funny adventures many of which occur because neither father nor son speak much Dutch They finally arrive at Maries door emptyhanded What they find gives them little hope for the lithe young idealist of Yuris dreams has become middleaged and cynical