Killer_Kid

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Killer Kid

1994 French film

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]

References

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