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The Day My Father Became a Bush (2016)

The Day My Father Became a Bush poster
Original title
Toen mijn vader een struik werd
Directed by
Nicole van Kilsdonk
Genre
family film
Country
Croatia, Netherlands, Belgium
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
6
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl's father goes to war and she must learn to survive on her own. She travels to find her mother in a nearby country, encountering kind strangers and small dangers along the way.

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What happens

The Day My Father Became a Bush (Dutch: Toen mijn vader een struik werd) is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Nicole van Kilsdonk. Filmed in Croatia, it was shortlisted by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands as one of the eight films to be selected as the potential Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. However, it was not selected, with Layla M. being chosen as the Dutch entry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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