Kika

While pregnant with her second child, Kika faces the sudden death of her partner. Totally heartbroken, and broke, she sets her priorities straight:

1. make money fast

2. stay strong

Dirty underwear, dildos and neurotic parents will unexpectedly help.

Alexe Poukine is a French director and screenwriter. She studied filmmaking and screenwriting. She first gained recognition for her graduation film Petites Morts (2008), selected for several international festivals. After two documentaries, Dormir, dormir dans les pierres (2013) and That Which Doesn’t Kill (2019), she directed her first fiction short film, Palma (2020) which won a the Special Jury Prize and Best Actress at the Clermont Ferrand Int Festival. Kika (2025) is her first fiction feature.

Con la colaboración de la Delegación general Valonia-Bruselas en España

Year of production: 2025

Running time: 104 minutes

Country: Belgium, France

Language: French

Director: Alexe Poukine

Cast: Manon Clavel, Suzanne Elbaz, Makita Samba, Thomas Coumand

Production: Benoit Roland, Alexandre Perrier

Screenplay: Alexe Poukine, Thomas Van Zuylen

Director of photography: Colin Lévèque

Production companies: WRONG MEN, KIDAM

International sales: Totem Films

Distribution:  Youplanet

Best Actress and Grand Prix national competition at Brussels International Film Festival; selected at Semaine de la Critique - Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Rio, SEMINCI

Premiere in  Madrid