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Cool Kids Don't Cry

Cool Kids Don't Cry

20127.91h 45m

Overview

Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. 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.

Directed by Dennis Bots
Written by Jacques Vriens, Karen van Holst Pellekaan
Produced by Reinier Selen, David-Jan Bijker, Harro van Staverden
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Top Cast

Hanna Obbeek

Hanna Obbeek

Akkie

Nils Verkooijen

Nils Verkooijen

Joep

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Fiona Livingston

Elise

Bram Flick

Bram Flick

Laurens

Amin Belyandouz

Amin Belyandouz

Brammetje

Eva van der Gucht

Eva van der Gucht

Miss Ina

Loek Peters

Loek Peters

Doctor Mustache

Johanna ter Steege

Johanna ter Steege

Akkie's Mother

Reinout Bussemaker

Reinout Bussemaker

Akkie's Father

Chris Comvalius

Chris Comvalius

Afida

Themes & Keywords

high schoolleukemiacancertearjerkerteenage romanceterminal cancerfootball (soccer) player

About Cool Kids Don't Cry

Cool Kids Don't Cry is a family, romance, drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of high school, leukemia, cancer, tearjerker, teenage romance, terminal cancer. Directed by Dennis Bots, it stars Hanna Obbeek, Nils Verkooijen, Fiona Livingston. Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. 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.

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