Kidd Life

You only become famous once. Filmmaker Andreas Johnsen is there when Nicholas Westwood Kidd and his friends post their rap number on YouTube and rapidly become a hype in Denmark. Johnsen’s camera follows Kidd and his mates throughout a really extreme year, in which they produce, write and arrange everything themselves. They are transformed almost overnight from untrained, hard-up chaps into hugely popular stars.
Johnsen records how Kidd is surprised but very happy about the hoards of teenage girls, the attention from the cultural elite and uncritical acceptance from the outside world. However, he also shows how, after a few months, Kidd is confronted by the other side of the coin: he drinks and parties too hard, and has unresolved issues to deal with.
What’s more, Kidd shocks his friends and enemies alike with thoughtless comments. What are the consequences of consistently giving the world the finger? Johnsen always manages to film the crucial moments with his handheld camera: the highs, but also the very deep lows.

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