Surprise!

Just before his wedding, a world-famous director is confronted with an African teenager, who claims to be his daughter. For proof he travels back with her to the place where he once shot a ‘Help Africa’ commercial. Over there, a rebellion is breaking out.

Frank Meutstege is a perfectionist commercial director, who is about to get married with Xandra, heiress of a prominent family. The week before the wedding he is guest of honour at an African gala, because it has been 15 years since he shot his heartbreaking ‘Help Malinda’ Africa-commercial, which became world-famous and gave him a worldwide career.

He is astonished when he is confronted with a dark teenager, Sunny, who claims to be his daughter. Frank immediately thinks it’s a con, but the girl has apparently valid papers: If it is true, it will be a disaster for Frank’s upcoming wedding and his reputation.

There is nothing else to do but to dispute it in the village where he once shot the ‘Help Malinda’ commercial. He wants to travel there quickly with his supposed daughter, but a rebellion is breaking out and they are forced to take an improvised route through a rough African area, where danger is lurking everywhere. A special bond is grows between Frank and the girl during this adventurous road trip, which ends at the spot, where Frank used to fell in love with the main actress of the Africa-commercial, Malinda. There he finds out that Malinda has disappeared and that it all has to do with him and with the big question if he will accept Sunny as his daughter or not...

Surprise! is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Dutch Lottery, MTV and a number of Dutch foreign aid organizations such as Plan, PSO and Llink.