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Episode Listing for Remi - Nobody's Boy, Season 1

An Ordinary Boy

First adopted by Betty Barbarin when left behind in a supermarket as a baby, Remi, now 11, is soon to be abandoned again. After a long absence, Jerome, Betty’s husband, is back home and he cannot stand sharing his house with a boy. Immediately, Remi is dropped off by his foster father at a gas station.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

A Bus Filled with Animals

Remi is forced by the gas station employee to call his foster parents. Jerome picks up the phone and informs Remi he has to take care of himself, as he is a grown man now. That night, Remi is found for the second time in his existence by the old Vitalis and his circus animals Zerbino, Dolce and Appie.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

The Vitalis School

Aboard his old bus, Vitalis brings Remi back to his foster home. But his foster mom, Betty, tells Remi he’d better leave. Vitalis then decides to take Remi with him and teach him about life. One of these lessons is about becoming a great street musician. They will perform together until Vitalis is arrested for performing in the streets without a valid permit. Remi is by himself again, but lu..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Everything's gone

When Remi returns to the old bus, he discovers it has accidentally driven itself into the lake: the parking brake had somehow been released. Although everything seems lost, Remi has to remain strong. With Vitalis away, he has to fill in the shoes of a temporary troupe leader.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Zerbino

Remi calls out for Zerbino. Running in his direction, the dog accidentally gets hit by a truck. There is Zerbino, lying on his side, motionless. Remi plays him a beautiful song as his final goodbye. Later, when Remi is playing his trumpet in the streets, a father asks him to play a song for his daughters’ birthday. The spoiled girl is not interested in Remi’s music but falls in love wi..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

A Drowned Angel

Remi wakes up on a boat with two worried faces hovering over him: Arthur, who is paralyzed from his waist down and his mother, Fanny. Remi makes up a story about his father Vitalis being away on a trip for some months, and how his mother died a long time ago. Arthur and Fanny also have a lost family member: Arthur’s little brother drowned as a baby. For a month, Remi, Dolce and Appie stay wi..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

An Uncle and His Speedboat

Arthur’s uncle James visits on his speedboat and Remi and Arthur are invited for a ride with him. As a safety measure, Remi ties Arthur to the boat. Even though James checks the belts, Arthur straps loosen and he falls into the water. Fortunately, a nearby kayaker rescues him. Remi feels guilty.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Sailor or Musician

Remi and Arthur run into a group of stilt walkers, who turn out to be friends with Vitalis. They inform Remi Vitalis is out and looking for him. Initially, he decides to remain with Arthur and Fanny. However, when he realizes Arthur and Fanny have each other and Vitalis is alone, he finally decides to go find the old man.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

A song for Appie

Appie is sick. Vitalis and Remi cannot afford the vet’s bill, so Vitalis decides to sing a beautiful opera song on the streets with which they will earn enough money to pay for Appie’s cure.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Freezing

Vitalis and Remi still have some money left and decide to visit the opera house. From the balcony, they watch a beautifully heart-wrenching opera. Upon leaving the theatre, a huge crowd is waiting outside for Vitalis. They heard his beautiful song on the streets and Vitalis is now famous! Nonetheless, he wants to hear nothing of it and lashes at Remi. Distressed, Remi runs away. But it’s ver..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

On Stilts

A municipal official is keen on sending Remi to an orphanage. Vitalis’ friends want to prevent this and bring Remi along with them. Unfortunately, Remi has to leave Dolce and Appie behind. The next day they visit the animal shelter to claim the animals, but they have already been given away. When it is time for the stilt walkers to leave, Remi decides to stay behind to find Dolce and Appie...

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Bread Rolls and Currant Buns

Remi finds Appie and Dolce on a woman’s balcony. Determined to be with his animal friends again, he asks the lady they’d be given back to him but their new owner claims 1,400 Euros for them. So Remi starts working at a bakery to earn some money. There, he meets with Mattia and the other homeless boys and falls in love with Lise, the baker’s daughter.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

The Language of Love

One night, Remi wakes up to the singing voice of Vitalis emanating from the baker’s record player. It turns out Vitalis was once a famous opera singer who, after losing the love of his life, decided he’d never sing again. When the baker tells Remi that music is the language of love, he decides to play the trumpet for Lise. But she cannot hear the music because she is deaf. Remi learns..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

A Lucky Devil

Together with Lise, Remi retrieves Dolce and Appie with the money he earned at the bakery. At night, Dolce wakes him up: there is a fire in the bakery. Everyone runs outside but Mattia seems to be left behind. Remi rushes back inside to save him. When he carries Mattia outside, Remi realizes Appie is probably still inside but he’s not allowed to go back for him. Lise’s father is arrest..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

The Show

There is a picture of Remi rescuing Mattia in the paper. As a result, Remi is asked to star in a television show. They found Betty Barbarin, his foster mother, and an emotional reunion brings tears to many viewers. But then, during the show, a woman calls claiming she is Remi’s biological mother.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Real Parents

Together with Betty Barbarin, Remi visits the Driscolls, who claim to be his real parents. His foster mom leaves him with these new parents, who don’t seem to really care about Remi. He has never felt lonelier.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Unexpected Company

Mattia visits Remi and together they find out the Driscolls are not his real parents. As it turns out, they have a deal with James, Arthur’s uncle. They overhear a conversation and find out that Arthur is in real danger. Mattia and Remi secretly follow James to find Arthur and Fanny.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Dolce, Good Dog

Mattia and Remi arrive at Arthur and Fanny’s boat but nobody seems to be around. When searching the cabin, James locks them inside. With Dolce’s help, they manage to escape. They enter the shipyard and find Arthur and Fanny. Remi recognizes his baby blanket’s embroidered emblem on the fence.

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

The Trap

Remi and Mattia tell Arthur what they know. Lise suddenly walks in on them as she works for Fanny and Arthur now. Together, they come up with a plan to unmask James. He falls into the trap when pushing Remi, disguised as the paralyzed Arthur in wheelchair, into the water. Remi climbs back ashore. When James realizes he was tricked, he rushes towards the real Arthur and falls into their fishnet tra..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

Found

James is interrogated and admits how hurt he was when his brother left everything to his sons. In order to become the shipyard’s owner, he first had to get rid of the two boys. So he kidnapped one of the boys as a baby and pushed the buggy in the water, leaving everyone to think the baby had drowned. He then gave Victor to the Driscolls, whom he paid generously. But the Driscolls were not ab..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Netherlands
Language Versions	Dutch [OV],English [ST]

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