Kid

  • 90'
  • Belgium
  • 2012
Kid is the youngest of two sons who live on a farm with their single mother - and for a long time we don’t find out what is up with their father. And it also soon becomes clear that they are in a desperate situation. There is no money and the mother is harassed by a bunch of shady types. In the meantime, Kid and his brother Billy go to school, where things are also far from easy.
Kid's life is captured in meticulously framed scenes with a static camera. In the house, in the classroom and in the headmaster's office or in the desolate parking lot of the supermarket. Dramatic events and important conversations occur just out of sight and out of hearing of the youngsters, as is the case for all young children. And just like Kid, impressively played by Bent Simons, the audience has to make its own interpretation of the situation based on scant details.

  • 90'
  • Belgium
  • 2012
Director
Fien Troch
Countries of production
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
Dutch
Producer
Antonino Lombardo
Production Company
Prime Time
Sales
Media Luna New Films
Screenplay
Fien Troch
Cinematography
Frank van den Eeden
Editor
Nico Leunen
Production Design
Walter Brugmans
Sound Design
Michel Schöpping
Music
Senjan Janssen
Cast
Bent Simons, Maarten Meeuwsen
Local Distributor
Cinéart Netherlands
Website
http://www.kid-film.be
Director
Fien Troch
Countries of production
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
Dutch
Producer
Antonino Lombardo
Production Company
Prime Time
Sales
Media Luna New Films
Screenplay
Fien Troch
Cinematography
Frank van den Eeden
Editor
Nico Leunen
Production Design
Walter Brugmans
Sound Design
Michel Schöpping
Music
Senjan Janssen
Cast
Bent Simons, Maarten Meeuwsen
Local Distributor
Cinéart Netherlands
Website
http://www.kid-film.be