Rachella Kingswijk

One warm summer night, in a working-class area of a big city, a group of teenagers sits on a square. Jill, a teen girl, undergoes her first sexual experience as an everyday banality.

Dahlia Brown, a woman leading a monotonous life, is plagued by terrifying nightmares. When these nightmares start occurring during the day, she becomes determined to unravel the mystery behind her haunting visions and embark on a worldwide journey. Along the way, Dahlia encounters a diverse cast of characters, each holding a piece of the puzzle that could help her decipher the cryptic messages tormenting her. However, she soon realizes that not everyone she encounters has her best interests at heart, as some harbor sinister motives that threaten to hinder her quest and endanger her life.

1992: The undocumented Ghanaian Agymah (50) lives a secluded life as a cook in the outskirts of Amsterdam. When the ambitious dreamer Nina (12) arrives, Agymah is effectively forced to become her guardian. Nina drives Agymah crazy with her callous way of life and her eagerness to make contact with the outside world. Gradually, though, Agymah comes to understand that this is exactly what he has been escaping from and he realizes he must choose for life instead of waiting for death. When El Al flight 1862 crashes into their building, Agymah goes on a desperate search for the girl that gave him a reason to live. Into Thin Air is the first film based on the Bijlmer crash. It tells a human story of an event that has been branded into the collective memory of The Netherlands. Officially there were 43 fatalities, but because of the large number of illegal residents the actual figure will never be known.

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.