30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Beyond the Childhood Horizon

Kiddo (2023) 13

Netherlands | 2023 | 91 min.

Eleven-year-old Lu is living in a foster home when her long-lost mother Karina shows up unexpectedly and takes her on a wild road trip in a beat-up sports car – all the way to her grandma in Poland. Lu soon finds out it’s all or nothing with Karina when she gets pulled into a Bonnie and Clyde-like fantasy. But reality quickly catches up, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to do to stay together forever.

CountryNetherlands
Year2023
Duration91 min
Rating13
LanguageDutch
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Zara Dwinger
Screenplay Nena van Driel, Zara Dwinger
Director of Photography Douwe Hennink
Music Jac van Exter
Edited by Fatih Tura
Contact Studio Ruba

Biography

Screenwriter and director from the Netherlands, where she graduated from a film academy. She made the short films Sirene (2017) and A Holiday from Mourning (2020), and the mystery TV movie The Girl Who Was Cursed (2021). Her feature debut is the family drama Kiddo (2023).

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