Story
RECOMMENDED FROM AGE 9: After spending months in hospital, 10-year old Mike is finally supposed to be released, but his mother isn’t there to pick him up. The strict youth welfare officer Celia, known to Mike because of her curly hair as “the poodle”, wants to transfer him to a foster family until it’s established whether his mother can take care of him. Now Mike has to spend Christmas with a set of strangers, but is convinced that he can look after himself. He tries everything to convince the welfare office to let him go home. Screening on 01.10. in attendance of: Maria Peters (Director) Screening on 05.10. in attendance of: Maas Bronkhuyzen (Cast)
Director
Maria Peters (*1958) studied at the Dutch Film Academy and is co-founder of the Shooting Star film company. As director and author, she has made various children's films and produced the winner of the 2012 Michel prize Stay!Info
De Groeten van Mike!
Fiction Feature
Dutch
Michel | FF2013
Netherlands
2012
93 min
OV with English subtitles
Maria Peters
Mirjam Oomkes, Willemine van der Wiel
Maas Bronkhuyzen, Faas Wijn, Bracha van Doesburgh, Leona Philippo, Carine Crutzen
Dave Schram, Hans Pos, Maria Peters, Danielle Guirguis
Erwin Steen
Robin de Jong
Herman Witkam
Florian Legters
Shooting Star Filmcompany
Shooting Star Filmcompany