Come with Mum and Dad

The Zigzag Kid

1 hr. 35 min. | Drama | N/A

Nono wants to be like his father - the best police inspector in the world - but he constantly gets in trouble. Two days before his Bar Mitzvah, he is sent away to his uncle Sjmoel, who is supposed to get him back on track. However, during the train ride Nono gets one last chance to prove himself... Together with master-burglar Felix Glick - an old acquaintance of his father - he stops the train and enters a world of disguises, chases, French chansons and Zohara, a mysterious woman whose secrets will change Nono’s life forever.

Vincent Bal

Vincent Bal

Born in Ghent in 1971, Flemish director Vincent Bal began his career as a child actor, appearing in musicals, films and television from the age of six. After studying film at St-Lukas University of Applied Science in Brussels he made commercials and several shorts. He made his feature directing debut with Man of Steel in 1999, and followed that two years later with with Miss Minoes.
Languages
Dutch
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Nono, het Zigzag Kind
Produced
2012: Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, France

Film information

Director
Vincent Bal
Screenplay
Vincent Bal, Jon Gilbert
Music
Thomas de Prins
Cinematography
Walther Vanden Ende
Cast
Thomas Simon, Fedja van Huêt, Jessica Zeylmaker, Burghart Klaußner, Isabella Rossellini
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