Heiners Filmseiten – Cool Kids Don’t Cry (en)

Cool Kids Don’t Cry (Achtste Groepers Huilen Niet)

German title: Starke Mädchen weinen nicht
Russian title: Хорошие дети не плачут
Original title: Achtste Groepers Huilen Niet

Alternative titles:
Eighth Graders Don’t Cry

Youth movie – Netherlands
Production year: 2011
Movie length: 95 minutes

Director: Dennis Bots
Writer: Karin van Holst Pellekaan, Jacques Vriens
Cinematograph: Gerd Schelfhout
Music: Johan Hoogewijs

Movie description:

Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she’s scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.

Boy Actors