Kilkenny Cross

I don't know who I am - that's what it is', the seventeen-year-old curly redhead Jordi grumbles to his tough girlfriend. Under mother's wing, Jordi spends all his time on the Internet. His only adventure is a ride on the back of his girlfriend's motorbike. One day, a coincidental but shocking discovery on the Net forces him to start searching for his identity, away from his familiar environment. It takes him to a confrontation with his biological father who was supposed dead, but appears to live in Ireland and does not immediately press his lost son in his arms. Kilkenny Cross is a coming-of-age drama, in which the Dutch urban water landscape contrasts with the green hills of Ireland and the impassiveness of modern means of communication with the longing for human intimacy. A chat session between mother and son leads to an emotional climax. In a cameo role, female novelist Manon Uphoff explains what true love means.

• Release date
• February 7, 2006
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Eric Oosthoek

Cast

Sjoerd Dragtsma Jordi

M

Mariëlle Woltring Tess Ariane Schluter Anna Marcel Hensema Rob

P

Piet Kamerman Samuel

E

Eoin McCarthy Sean

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Sue Walsh Caitlin

Z

Zoe Birchmore