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My Queen Karo (2009)

My Queen Karo poster
Directed by
Dorothée Van Den Berghe
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands, Belgium
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A ten-year-old girl named Karo watches her parents struggle with the challenges of free love after they move into a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam. The film shows her perspective on their unconventional lifestyle and the moral questions it raises.

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What happens

My Queen Karo is a 2009 drama film. It was directed by Dorothée Van Den Berghe, produced by Frank Van Passel, and starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Déborah François, and Anna Franziska Jaeger. The film tells the story of Karo, a ten-year-old girl who witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam. The film received three nominations at the 1st Magritte Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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