Killer Kid | |
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Directed by | Gilles de Maistre |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | Killer Kid by Claude Klotz |
Starring | Tewfik Jallab Younesse Boudache |
Cinematography | Jean-Bernard Aurouet |
Edited by | Robert Coursez |
Music by | René Aubry |
Production company | Flach Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Killer Kid is a 1994 French drama film directed by Gilles de Maistre, starring Tewfik Jallab and Younesse Boudache.
Two 11-year-old Arab boys become acquainted in France. One was raised in Lebanon where he was trained to kill efficiently and sent on a mission to commit a murder. The other was raised in France by an immigrant family and lives a life dominated by pop culture. The former comes to regard the latter as his role model. [1]
Killer Kid is based on the 1989 novel with the same name by Claude Klotz. [2] It was the director Gilles de Maistre's first fiction film, after having made several documentaries. [1]
The film was shown in the Cannes Junior sidebar of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize and Grand Prix du Public. [1] It was released in France on 22 June 1994. [3]
Lisa Nesselson of Variety said the story is propelled by a documentary-like filming style and that the musical score has a "sinister verve", calling it a "harsh but engaging" non-political film about fanaticism. [1]
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