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My Queen Karo
“A young girl witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam.”
5.0 / 10• 2009• 1h 41m•NR• Dutch
Drama
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.
Cast & Crew
Anna Franziska Jäger
Karo
Lead
Matthias Schoenaerts
Raven
Déborah François
Dalia
Nico Sturm
Barré
Maria Kraakman
Alice
WW
Ward Weemhoff
Joop
CQ
Cezanne Q. Cuypers
Tara
SD
Samuel Du Chatinier
Daniel
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dorothée Van Den Berghe's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. My Queen Karo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
