Cobain, a 15-year-old boy, comes from a broken home, but he is not a broken soul yet. He is trying by any means to help his self-destructive mother, who lives on the street and is about to give birth to her second child, but she cannot carry the weight of the circumstances. As the roles of the adult and the teenager are reversed, Cobain will find himself facing a dilemma. A story of unconventional and unconditional love, about all sorts outcasts in pursuit of happiness.
Cobain
Cobain
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
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- Direction: Nanouk Leopold
- Script: Stienette Bosklopper
- Cinematography: Frank van den Eeden
- Editing: Katharina Wartena
- Sound: Andreas Hildebrandt
- Music: Harry de Wit
- Actors: Bas Keizer, Naomi Velissariou, Wim Opbrouck
- Production: Circe Films
- Producers: Stienette Bosklopper & Lisette Kelder
- Co-production: A Private View, Coin Film, Vpro Television, The Film Kitchen
- Costumes: Manon Blom
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 94΄
- Contact: Beta Cinema, beta@betacinema.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Screenplay – Lecce European FF 2018
Nanouk Leopold
Nanouk Leopold (1968, Netherlands) is an established figure in Dutch art house cinema. She studied Directing at the Dutch Film and Television Academy. She won the Tuschinski Award for her graduation film Weekend (1998) as well as the Kodak Prize at the Munich Film Festival. She worked as a director in Dutch television before making her feature film debut with her feature debut Îles flottantes. In cooperation with visual artist Daan Emmen, she started “Beeldcollectief Leopold Emmen” which led to the film Close-up (2009). Her film It’s All So Quiet, based on the novel by Gerbrand Bakker, was the opening film of the Panorama Special programme at the Berlinale in 2013, going on to win awards worldwide (it was also screened in the 54 Thessaloniki IFF’s “Open Horizons” program). Her latest film Cobain, a coming-of-age drama, made a sensation in the 68th Berlinale in 2018, where it premiered.
Filmography
1998 Weekend
1999 Max Lupa
2000 Îles flottantes
2005 Guernsey
2007 Wolfsbergen
2010 Brownian Movement
2013 Boven is het stil | It's All So Quiet
2018 Cobain
1999 Max Lupa
2000 Îles flottantes
2005 Guernsey
2007 Wolfsbergen
2010 Brownian Movement
2013 Boven is het stil | It's All So Quiet
2018 Cobain
