Misfit (2017 film)

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Misfit
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Directed byErwin van den Eshof
Written byErnst Gonlag
Diana Sno
Karen van den Ende
Erwin van den Eshof
Produced byErik Engelen
Andrew Ernster
Tarik Traida
Thomas Wolff
StarringDjamilla
Bente Fokkens
CinematographyJorrit Garretsen
Edited byJeffrey De Vore
Distributed bySplendid Film
Release date
  • September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Box office$2.0 million [1]

Misfit is a 2017 Dutch family film. The film earned $2.0 million dollars upon its initial release making it the fourth most visited Dutch film of 2017. [1] [2] The film spawned two sequels, a German remake, a Polish remake, a Latin American remake and a television spin-off for Netflix. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Plot

A popular American high school student moves to the Netherlands and is quickly outcast by her new peers as a 'misfit.'

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References

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