Killer Kid

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Killer Kid
Directed by Gilles de Maistre
Screenplay by
Based onKiller Kid by Claude Klotz
Starring Tewfik Jallab
Younesse Boudache
CinematographyJean-Bernard Aurouet
Edited byRobert Coursez
Music by René Aubry
Production
company
Flach Film
Release date
  • 22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Killer Kid is a 1994 French drama film directed by Gilles de Maistre, starring Tewfik Jallab and Younesse Boudache.

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Plot

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]

Production

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]

Reception

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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nesselson, Lisa (31 July 1994). "Killer Kid". Variety . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. "Cinéma Killer Kid de Gilles de Maistre". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. "Killer Kid". Unifrance (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.