My Queen Karo (2009)

A young girl witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam.

Director:

Dorothée Van Den Berghe

Writer:

Dorothée Van Den Berghe

Stars:

Christelle Cornil, Déborah François, Anna Franziska Jaeger

Cast

Credited cast:
Christelle Cornil	...	Anne Clare
Déborah François	...	Dalia
Anna Franziska Jaeger	...	Karo
Maria Kraakman	...	Alice
Rifka Lodeizen	...	Jacky
Hadewych Minis	...	Rosa
Matthias Schoenaerts	...	Raven
Nico Sturm	...	Barré
Ward Weemhoff	...	Joop

Storyline

Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.

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Plot Keywords:

commune | 1970s | squatter | free love | hippie | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Netherlands Belgium

Language:

Dutch French

Release Date:

28 October 2009 (Belgium)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caviar Films, CoBo Fonds, Eurimages

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

User Reviews

seen from a female point of view

'My queen Karo' is good, in the first place by the convincing performance of its minor female star. To be more precise: given the role she has to play, loaded with lots of adult relationship-complications, her performance is stunning.

This performance surely makes the backbone of 'My queen Karo'. Apart from that, well, its picturing of left-side Amsterdam in the year 1974 is fairly adequate. Being an Amsterdam-resident in 1974 myself, I think it all a little too beautiful & idealistic.

Another prominent feature of 'My queen Karo': this film obviously is produced by a woman. Which shows in the heavy emphasizing on relationship-problems, in the non-erotic way nudity is shot, and, of course, in the strong focusing on the minor girl Karo.

When you are ready for parameters like this, you surely will enjoy 'My queen Karo'.