"Kiddo, this is a kidnap." Lu's mum is rather eccentric and especially ... absent. Lu lives with a foster family and has created a whole myth around her mother: A stuntwoman in Hollywood, she smells like oranges and communicates via the stars. But one day, Lu's long-lost mother shows up on her doorstep in her blue Chevrolet, ready to take her daughter on an absurd road trip that takes them from the Netherlands, along Polish motels and colourful car parks, to Lu's grandmother. Badass outlaws on the run (from reality), the duo explicitly mirror Bonnie & Clyde. The longer they are on the road, the more Lu realises that this life leads nowhere. In her debut feature, Dutch director Zara Winger aptly references classic American roadmovies in her playful, energetic style that cleverly supports a whimsical mother-daughter portrait, teaching us that motherhood is not "all or nothing".
"Zara Dwinger's charmer - a retro-flavoured and upbeat road movie where time is far from pressing for the protagonists - embraces the imagination and dreams of its [smitten child], taking it miles away - literally - from your typical social drama." - Cineuropa
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Credits
Zara Dwinger
Jan van Exter
Rosa van Leeuwen, Frieda Barnhard, Lidia Sadowa
Zara Dwinger, Nena van Driel
Douwe Hennink
Fatih Tura
Layla Meijman, Maarten van der Ven
JEF vzw
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Dutch, Polish, English
The Netherlands
2023