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Killer Kid

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Killer Kid
Directed byGilles de Maistre
Screenplay by
Based onKiller Kid by Claude Klotz
StarringTewfik Jallab
Younesse Boudache
CinematographyJean-Bernard Aurouet
Edited byRobert Coursez
Music byRené Aubry
Production
company
Flach Film
Release date
  • 22 June 1994 (1994-06-22)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Killer Kid is a 1994 French drama film directed by Gilles de Maistre, starring Tewfik Jallab and Younesse Boudache.

Plot

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Two 11-year-old Arab boys become acquainted in France. One was raised in Lebanon, where he was trained to kill efficiently and sent on a mission to commit a murder. The other was raised in France by an immigrant family and lives a life dominated by pop culture. The former comes to regard the latter as his role model.[1]

Production

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Killer Kid is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Claude Klotz.[2] It was the director Gilles de Maistre's first fiction film, after having made several documentaries.[1]

Reception

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The film was shown in the Cannes Junior sidebar of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize and Grand Prix du Public.[1] It was released in France on 22 June 1994.[3]

Lisa Nesselson of Variety said that the story is propelled by a documentary-like filming style and that the musical score has a "sinister verve", calling it a "harsh but engaging" non-political film about fanaticism.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Nesselson, Lisa (31 July 1994). "Killer Kid". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Cinéma Killer Kid de Gilles de Maistre". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Killer Kid". Unifrance (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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