Bonkers
(Knetter)
Focus: The Netherlands • In Dutch with English subtitles • “An elephant in trouble does exactly what's good for him,” narrates nine-year-old Bonnie. “That's called instinct.” Played by the sparkling and spunky Jesse Rinsma, Bonnie is the beloved daughter and granddaughter of a family whose love of elephants is only one of their eccentricities. Bonnie's grandmother takes care of the little family that includes Bonnie and her “bonkers” mother Lis, whose wild mood swings take her from hibernation (as Bonnie interprets it) to stampeding interludes. When her grandmother is killed in an accident, Bonnie encounters a host of difficulties: possible government intervention, her mother's selfish new boyfriend, a world she doesn't fit into and her own demons. Relying on instinct, on what she's learned from her grandmother and–of course–on her knowledge of elephants, Bonnie faces down these challenges with an ingenuity and wisdom beyond her tender years. Ages 7+ — R. McNair
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Producer: Leontine Petit, Joost de Vries
Screenwriter: Mieke de Jong
Cinematographer: Menno Westendorp
Editor: Job ter Burg
Cast: Jesse Rinsma, Tom van Kessel, Carice van Houten, Daan Schuurmans, Leny Breederveld, Edo Brunner, Frieda Pittoors, Judith Bovenberg
Print Source: Lemming Film
Kromme Mijdrechtstraat 110-3
Amsterdam, 1079 LD
Holland
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