De Achterblijvers(2025)

De Achterblijvers is a Dutch drama series that follows four children—Sven, Wiggert, Alicia, and Hamza—who must spend summer at home while their classmates jet off on holidays. Trapped by circumstance and shame, they navigate the gap between their modest lives and their peers' exotic adventures. What begins as a summer of disappointment and isolation gradually transforms into an unexpected adventure. The series explores the quiet struggles of childhood inequality, the sting of being left behind, and how friendship and imagination can turn constraint into opportunity. A touching portrait of resilience and connection forged in an ordinary neighborhood.