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Kilkenny Cross

Feb 7, 2006 · 1h 30m
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Drama

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I don't know who I am - that's what it is', the seventeen-year-old curly redhead Jordi grumbles to his tough girlfriend. Under mother's wing, Jordi spends all his time on the Internet. His only adventure is a ride on the back of his girlfriend's motorbike. One day, a coincidental but shocking discovery on the Net forces him to start searching for his identity, away from his familiar environment. It takes him to a confrontation with his biological father who was supposed dead, but appears to live in Ireland and does not immediately press his lost son in his arms. Kilkenny Cross is a coming-of-age drama, in which the Dutch urban water landscape contrasts with the green hills of Ireland and the impassiveness of modern means of communication with the longing for human intimacy. A chat session between mother and son leads to an emotional climax. In a cameo role, female novelist Manon Uphoff explains what true love means.

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CAST

Sjoerd Dragtsma
Jordi
Mariëlle Woltring
Tess
Ariane Schluter
Anna
Marcel Hensema
Rob
Piet Kamerman
Samuel
Eoin McCarthy
Sean
Sue Walsh
Caitlin
Zoe Birchmore
Directed by Eric Oosthoek

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Status
Released
Original language
NL
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Country
NL, IE
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