Monday, March 8 at 6:15 pm - Cinema Odeon

Second showing Tuesday, March 9 at 9:30 - Cinema Odeon

How To Survive Myself ? by Nicole Van Kilsdonk, Holland, 2008, 100 min.

Recommended for Ages 13+

Rosa Van Dijk is thirteen years old, and she loves to draw and talk to her friends on her computer. Her stability is put to the test after her parents get divorced. After the birth of her younger brother, her mother decides move in with her new boyfriend, the father of the child, who lives in Groningen, up north. Rosa is forced to go with her. Everything in that new place seems hostile to her. Rose feels like an alien. She refuses and is refused. Her stepfather seems like a tough and insensitive man. Her peers are cold and conformist. School is an unwelcoming place. Even her body does not seem to have anything to do with her anymore. The only person who seems to notice what is happening to her is a young professor who encourages her artistic talent. How will she survive the tumultuousness of adolescence? The most important thing is to find someone with whom to share her insecurities and dreams and to find the words to express herself… The film has an innovative style and a wonderful energetic vein to it.

Nicole Van Kilsdonk was born in Velsen, Holland, in 1965. A screenwriter and director, she is the author of numerous films. In 2000, she was nominated for the Dutch Film Critics Award for the made for TV movie OCHTENDZWEMMERS and, in 2004, she won the Golden Calf for the TV series DEINING in the category for Best TV-drama.