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Jackie

Antoinette BEUMER

Netherlands2012 100min D-Cinema Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Sofie and Daan (33) are fraternal twins, but that is all they have in common - except for their two fathers, who raised them. One day, their biological mother Jackie calls from a hospital in the U.S. with a complicated fractured leg needing their help. The sisters travel to the U.S. and are disappointed by reality: Jackie is a stern woman who doesn’t seems to have any interest in her daughters. Nevertheless, they embark on a trip across the desert of New Mexico to get Jackie to the rehabilitation centre. On the road inJackie’s old and shabby RV, this becomes an adventurous and life-changing journey filled with confrontations, challenges and surprises...

Diretor

Antoinette BEUMER

Born in 1962, she established herself as a director of TV series. In 2010, she directed her first feature, The Happy Housewife which was a big box office hit and the adaptation of the bestseller. And then she directed the thriller, Loft(2010) which was also a big success. Jackie is her third feature.