New Kids Turbo 2010
Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.
Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.
Jeroen is an outsider, no doubt about it. With a slightly mutilated face, minimal social skills and a clapped-out moped that he can’t show off either, he is not getting anywhere. Nevertheless, his goal is clear. He is very keen to join the group of tough boys and girls in his unassuming rural village. Step by step, he adapts to their codes. This does not immediately bring him success. Then, he alters his moped and claims his own spot in the pecking order. But is he better off now?
When Willie (60) gets his annual chance to become the new 'king of the Schutterij of Limburgia', he goes all in to finally receive the pride and glory attached to the title. But despite meticulous preparations, all goes wrong for Willie on the big day.
Against a backdrop of disturbing images the viewer is presented with a WhatsApp conversation between two lovers in the final months of their relationship. The film was funded by the Netherlands Film Fund and premiered at the prestigious 67th “Festival del film” in Locarno.
Lilly is nine years old and lives with her mother and brothers Robbin and Melvin in a squatter community deep in the woods.