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KICKS

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Netherlands 2007 / ALBERT TER HEERDT / 112 min. dutch-arabic version with english subtitles cast: MIMOUN OAISSA, MARYAM HASSOUNI, MOHAMMED CHAARA, ROELAND FERNHOUT, HADEWYCH MINIS
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Kicks is a gritty but hilarious kaleidoscopic look at present-day Holland. While at times confrontational, the film also takes
a witty look at the emotional dilemmas, fears, expectations and misunderstandings that exist in a multicultural society.
A host of characters, both funny and serious, are observed. All represent some layer of Dutch society: a beautiful upper class girl sets out to meet a ‘real’ immigrant, a filmmaker tries to make a film about the fate of asylum seekers and fails spectacularly, a Moroccan-Dutch army sergeant searches for true love and a young homeless shelter assistant seeks happiness outside the familiar ground of her family and her workplace.

awards: IFF Cairo 2007: Best Screenplay; Netherlands Film Festival – Golden calf 2007: Best Music

word sales: Fu Works, Meeuwenlaan 98-100, NL-1021 JL Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
T: +31 20 3445160, F: +31 206353060, www.kicksdefilm.nl, Georgina@fuworks.nl