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My Queen Karo

Belgium, Netherlands

2009

101 Min

Color

1.85:1

Dutch, French

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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PROD Frank Van Passel, Arielle Sleutel, Kato Maes, Bert Hamelinck

CAST Anna Franziska Jaeger, Déborah François, Matthias Schoenaerts, Maria Kraakman, Christelle Cornil, Rifka Lodeizen, Hadewych Minis, Nico Sturm, Ward Weemhoff, Bastiaan Rook

SOUND Gert Janssen

Toronto (Vanguard), Tribeca (Showcase), San Francisco (New Directors), Karlovy Vary (Focus on Belgian Cinema)

Synopsis

In Dorothée van den Berghe’s beautiful and touching coming-of-age story, 10-year-old Karo moves with her parents Raven and Dalia to a vibrant and carefree squatter’s commune in 1970s Amsterdam. But when Raven’s relationship with a new woman fractures their family and threatens the commune’s utopia, both Raven’s lofty ideals and Karo’s childish innocence will be challenged by the messy realities of human emotion. —Tribeca Film Festival

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Emmma

3Jun12

No one can deny Matthias great potential.

acidpolly

6May12

Karo reminds me of myself as a child very much! I mean only the appearance :)

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TRIBECA 2010: MY QUEEN KARO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

In Dorothee van den Berghe’s second feature, ten-year-old, Karo (Anna Franziska Jager) is on her way from Belgium to start a new life with her free radical parents (Deborah Francois & Matthias Schoenaerts

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TIFF 09: MY QUEEN KARO Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

Ah, the seventies. Flower power was in full bloom, the age of free love and counter culture protest having taken firm grip all throughout the western world. It’s a topic that has become well familiar to

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