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EURO KIDS - SCREENINGS 2003/2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polleke

Original Title

Polleke

Director

Ineke Houtman

Genre

Family

Country of origin

Netherlands

Language spoken

Dutch

Year of production

2003

Admissions

93,960 (Netherlands, 2004)

Box Office

548,020 (Netherlands, 2004)

Production

Egmond Film & Television (NL)
VPRO Television (NL)

Domestic distribution/World Sales

Buff (S) (Sweden)
United International Pictures (UIP) (NL)
Egmond Film and Television (NL)
Nordisk Film International Sales (DK)

Domestic release

11 October 2003 (Netherlands)

Official website

www.villa-achterwerk.vpro.nl

Awards

 

Suggested by

Mia Lindrup, President of ECFA (European Children’s Films Association)
Lennart Ström, Director of BUFF – Malmö International Children and Young People’s Film Festival

SYNOPSIS

Polleke, a girl of 11 years, is in love with Mimoen, a Moroccan boy who lives in the flat opposite. But his parents force him to stop seeing her because they don’t share the same cultural background. While Polleke tries to cope with her mother falls in love with her schoolteacher. Meanwhile Polleke’s father, Spiek, once a free spirit and optimist, has become a homeless junkie. Polleke and Mimoen still long for one another and start seeing each other in secret. Mimoen suggests to Polleke that Spiek should try a detox program. After Spiek’s recovery and the marriage of her mother and teacher, Polleke and Mimoen decide that they will stay together.