Genre: Family Collection, Coming-of-Age
Original Title: Polleke
Year: 2003
Original Version: Dutch
Duration: 95′
Subtitled in: English
Polleke
A warm coming-of age story based on the best selling books by Guus Kuijer, about the determined and loving 11 years old Polleke. Polleke lives her life in the big city, dividing her time between Mimoen, her Moroccan boyfriend, the farm of her grandparents, her mother who falls in love with her teacher, and her father, free spirit and homeless junkie. A film about a young girl who learns to deal with the chaos in her world, the value of friendship and first love.
Director: Ineke Houtman
Writer: Original: Guus Kuijer, Scenario: Rob Arends & Maarten Lebens
Cast: Liv Stig, Mamoun Elyyounoussi, Haline Reyn, Daan Schuurmans and Frank Lammers
Producer: Hans de Weers
Director of photography: Sander Snoep
Editor: Michiel Reichwein
Music: Vincent van Warmerdam