The documentary ‘Together’ or ‘Samen’ in Dutch, tells the story of Sam. Sam was the best friend of Tyson who is also the director. Two years ago Sam passed away at the age of twenty. This moving film portrays the grieving processes of five young adults after they abruptly lost one of their best friends. With story directors Rosanne Gjaltema and Tyson Malaihollo want to break taboos surrounding suicide and emphasize the importance of mental health.
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The depressed Sall (19) is going swimming with his friends after being isolated for a long time. He doesn’t know his place in the group and suffers from destructive self talk. Can he open up and reinvent himself or will he lose his friends because of his behavior?
Two years after having migrated from Uruguay to the Netherlands, Sofía returns to her hometown to visit her family, expecting to jump right into her old life again. The reality of what she encounters is very different, as Sofía realizes that things have changed. Is this place still her home, or did her home turn into a strange place?
At the age of nine, Sam starts to realize that she is different from the friends in her class. Over the years, Sam receives many different diagnoses, except for the one thing that makes her different. At the age of twenty, after a childhood with much uncertainty, Sam finally receives the correct diagnosis: autism.
