Vechtmeisje

  • Year: 2019
  • Country: Belgium, Netherlands
  • Director: Johan Timmers
  • Duration: 84min
  • Producer: Ineke Kanters & Jan van der Zanden
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Theme(s): Sport
  • Original language: Dutch

When her parents end up in an acrimonious divorce, the headstrong, highly volatile Bo (12) moves to an Amsterdam suburb with her mother and brother. Once there, her neighbour, Joy, introduces her to the kickboxing club. She demonstrates natural talent and is very soon taking part in the Dutch championships, but her parents divorce is distracting Bo and threatens to ruin the contest. Bo has to learn restraint and accept that she can’t control everything.