Sunday 15th June / 19:00 h
Institut Francès – Trailer
Free admission under 20 years of age.
Fiction. Premiere in Spain.
Netherlands 2012 / Vincent Bal / 95 min / BluRay / V.O.S.C.
Isabella Rossellini, Burghart Klaussner, Fedja Van Huêt, Jessica Zeylmaker, Camille de Pazzis, Thomas Simon
Nono has been brought up by his workaholic single father, a famous police inspector. He longs to be as good a detective as his dad but constantly gets himself into trouble. His free- spirited mother disappeared and died when he was little. Gaby, his father’s secretary, cherishes Nono and recognizes the anguish of a child with a missing part. Police mascot and his father’s would-be disciple, Nono struggles with a wildness he can’t identify. It comes from his mother. Two days before his bar mitzvah, he is sent off to his uncle’s to be straightened out. Once on the train, the over-imaginative boy is given one last chance to prove himself. Together with charming grifter Felix Glick, an old acquaintance of his father’s, he travels to the French Riviera and enters a world of disguises, crazy pursuits, chansons and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will forever change Nono’s life.
Based on the novel by David Grossman, The Zigzag Kid
Awards
Children’s Jury Prize – Best Feature Film / Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2014
Audience Award – Best Feature / Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2013
Golden Elephant Award – Best Screenplay / International Children’s Film Festival in India 2013
Grand Prix Award / Kyoto International Children’s Film Festival 2013
Young Audience Award / European Film Academy 2013
Audience Award – Best Feature / ANDkids World Film Festival 2013
