The protagonist shows how seemingly normal people can drift away from themselves and all morals even without going through massive trauma or fighting for their lives. Jurgen is an average guy who's love for life took a dive somewhere and he feels he lost his masculinity in a household dominated by his perpetually disappointed wife and his teenage early matured daughters. Since then his wife left him but takes every opportunity to humiliate him. Although trying very hard he seems to fail in understanding his two daughters.
When his youngest daughter Tirza disappears in Africa he goes on a mission to find her. His deteriorating sanity, excessive drinking and the heat suck him further into a whirlpool of disaster in an aimless search for his daughter.
The only person sticking with him is a child prostitute who has nothing to lose since all she has is a dying mother in the slums. At first it seems his intentions are to save her but in the end it's him who needs it the most and as the story slowly unfolds itself it becomes clear what really brought him to Africa.
Van Aschat as Jurgen couldn't have done this any better.
When his youngest daughter Tirza disappears in Africa he goes on a mission to find her. His deteriorating sanity, excessive drinking and the heat suck him further into a whirlpool of disaster in an aimless search for his daughter.
The only person sticking with him is a child prostitute who has nothing to lose since all she has is a dying mother in the slums. At first it seems his intentions are to save her but in the end it's him who needs it the most and as the story slowly unfolds itself it becomes clear what really brought him to Africa.
Van Aschat as Jurgen couldn't have done this any better.