在这部小象情缘喜剧/剧情片中,Bonnie takes care of her mother Lis, more than she takes care of Bonnie. Then one day Lis brings home an elephant…
Bonnie (9) likes elephants, just like her family. Bonnie's mother, Mis, is not like other mothers. Sometimes she is very lively and very cheerful and at other times she can be lethargic and very down. She has pills to act "normal" but she doesn't like to take them. Fortunately grandmother lives with them, too – she holds the household together.
Bonnie would like to have a larger family, like her friend Koos. But grandma says life is busy enough with the three of them.
Then one day everything changes. Grandma dies and Lis sinks into a state of deep depression. he is unable to take care of her daughter so Bonnie starts looking after her. At which point Lis decides to come home with an elephant ...
Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she instinctively does things like an elephant as a result. Her single mother, Lis, is bi-polar and at times spends days on end without even getting out of bed. Then there are other times when she will manically do wild acts, such as impromptu dancing in public. As a result, Bonnie's sturdy and stable grandmother must hold the family together by doing all the cooking, etc. After her grandmother is killed by a car, Bonnie becomes the most responsible family member and struggles with preparing meals and getting her reluctant mother to take her medication. She also must dodge Jorien, a social worker who is attempting to place her in a foster home. When her friend from school, Koos, gets a new brother Bonnie decides that this is the solution to fight the ...
