Sinopsis
As the line between mentorship and manipulation begins to blur, 12-year-old Daan faces the most terrifying challenge of his young life: distinguishing his football coach’s affection from abuse.
Karin Junger started out her career as a documentary filmmaker with the prestigious Joris Ivens Award at IDFA for her film Birthplace Unknown (1988). Karin went on to make multiple documentaries, many of them for Dutch broadcasters, and fiction films. Her short film Great! (2003) won the Silver Bear at Berlinale. Her first feature Bolletjes blues! (2006) was shown at New York Film Festival, Netherlands Film Festival and Cairo Filmfestival. Her latest fiction film (10 Songs for Charity, 2021) had its world premiere at Giffoni Film Festival. Her work has a strong sense of urgency and social commitment and inventiveness in style and themes. Her latest documentary, Free Space, released in 2024 on broadcaster NTR (Uur van de Wolf), is about cancel culture in the arts. The Pupil is her third feature film.
She grew up in (French speaking) Belgium and lives presently in The Netherlands. She studied French language & literature & mass communication at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in film science.
With the collaboration of the Embassy of the Netherlands.
Thursday, Nov. 5th. 8:00 p.m.
Sala Azcona - Cineteca Madrid
Ticket sales: 5 €. Online / Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Year of Production: 2025
Time: 105’
Country: Netherlands
Language: Dutch. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Karin Junger
Cast: Bart de Wilde, Gijs Naber, Hadewych Minis, Marcel Hensema, Joost Meuwsen
Production: Ineke Kanters, Lisette Kelder
Script: Karin Junger
Director of Photography: Martijn van Broekhuizen
Production Companies: The Film Kitchen, Krater Films, Polar Bear, BNNVARA
International Sales: Pluto Film Distribution
Jury Prize at the European Film Festival. Selected at Tallinn
Premiere in Spain
