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Bluebird (2004)
Director: Mijke de Jong
Movie review
From Time Out London
Sensibly spare, tremendously affecting teen drama from Holland about 13-year-old Merel, a girl who despite seemingly having everything going for her – intelligence, athleticism, musical talent, happy family relationships, especially with her disabled younger brother – is thrust into an introverted world of silent misery by the bullying of her classmates. Rightly, this has enough confidence not to dress up its hard-hitting subject matter, though it flirts precariously with teenage girl clichés (stealing make-up, piercings, ‘Anna Karenina’) and doesn’t quite maintain its momentum to the end.Author: NFu
Time Out London Issue 1835: October 19-26 2005
Cast & crew
Director: Mijke de Jong
Cast: Elske Rotteveel, Kees Scholten, Elsie de Brauw full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 76 mins
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