Directed by:
Mijke de JongScreenplay:
Helena van der MeulenCinematography:
Goert GiltayCast:
Elske Rotteveel, Kees Scholten, Elsie de Brauw, Jaap Spijkers, Bright O'Richards, Bente de Vries, Floris Heyne, Carmen Otten, Sharai Voet, Samir Veen (more)Plots(1)
Socially committed tele-film about bullying. Merel (12) suddenly becomes the victim of bullying at school from one day to the next. For a series of six television films, the socially committed director Mijke de Jong made a film about bullying. With its observing camera, the film follows Merel, a 12-year-old girl who suddenly becomes a victim of bullying at school from one day to the next. Not because she is shy, dumb or ugly - Merel does well in the classroom and the gym - but because she happens to become the butt of a power game. At first, the bullying is carried out on the q.t., but later it becomes more frequent, open and above-all violent. At home, she doesn't let on about it, neither to her parents nor to her adopted handicapped brother, with whom she spends a lot of her time. As the bullying increases, Merel loses her childlike innocence and becomes hardened. Even her little brother suffers. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
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One is bullied, the other one is disabled. Here, the Dutch were doing it a bit pell-mell. And I actually have to say that they were doing great. An exemplary family drama filmed with great care, which builds a good reputation for the Netherlands.
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