A minimalist short (20 min) taking place in Suriname.
A man in the early stages of dementia who lives in some small village near a river, decides that he wants to visit his brother, whom he has not spoken for 50 years, one last time. He wants to try to get his brother get his life back together. The man and his grandson take a boat to where the brother was last known to live.
Spoken in the local variety of Dutch, accompanied with native language curses and swearings, grandfather and grandson speak of memory loss, the past and life in general. Nothing much happens, but “Up The River” is a descent watch.
