Cobi van Baars

Cobi van Baars

The Unintended

In 1960s Limburg — a deeply Catholic part of the Netherlands — a young, unmarried woman gives birth to twins in a ‘home for unwed mothers’ but has to give the girls up for adoption. At four months old, Aaf and Annemarieke are adopted by separate families. While Aaf grows up in a loving family, Annemarieke’s childhood is cold and lonely. It’s not until they are twenty-one years old that they find out about each other’s existence.