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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes68%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
229 audience votes
Key crew
- Christophe DirickxScreenplay
- Felix van GroeningenScreenplay
- Felix van GroeningenDirector
- Dimitri VerhulstScreenplay
- Jef NeveOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kenneth VanbaedenKleine Gunther Strobbe (13 jaar)
- Valentijn DhaenensGunther Strobbe
- Koen De GraeveMarcel 'Celle' Strobbe
- Wouter HendrickxLowie 'Petrol' Strobbe
- Johan HeldenberghPieter 'Breejen' Strobbe
- Bert HaelvoetKoen Strobbe
- Gilda De BalMeetje
- Natali BroodsRosie
- Pauline GrossenSylvie
- Sofie PalmersVriendin Gunther
- Guy DermulDirecteur school
- Jos GeensAndré
Stills
Themes
big familyalcoholismuncle nephew relationshipworld recordlate for schooloverflowing toiletdrinking contestunwanted pregnancy