Directed by:
Nanouk LeopoldScreenplay:
Stienette BosklopperCinematography:
Frank van den EedenComposer:
Harry de WitCast:
Bas Keizer, Naomi Velissariou, Wim Opbrouck, Cosmina Stratan, Maria Kraakman, Ward Weemhoff, Tamar van den Dop, Andrew Vandaele, Önder Doğan (more)Plots(1)
Cobain wanders alone through the streets in search of his mother. On the way he meets old acquaintances, staff from the child protection service and the methadone distribution centre. He is torn between the prospect of a new life in a foster family, a home and a sense of security, and his fears for his mother – who everyone else has abandoned. In his acting debut, Bas Keizer masterfully expresses the tenderness and anger, anxiety and longing felt by Cobain. Quietly radical, with desaturated colours underscored by sparse guitar riffs, Nanouk Leopold's film captivates the viewer in a tale of a modern hero who is forced to grow up much too young. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Bas Keizer
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)
Boy Meets Gun (2019)
De Liefhebbers (2019)
Naomi Velissariou
Best movies:
When It Melts (2023)
Cobain (2018)
Out of Love (2016)
Wim Opbrouck
Belgium
Best movies:
Young Hearts (2024)
Cobain (2018)
Can Go Through Skin (2009)
![Cosmina Stratan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/436/158436689_7502fc.jpg)
Cosmina Stratan
Romania
Best movies:
I Never Cry (2020)
Beyond the Hills (2012)
Cobain (2018)
![Maria Kraakman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/195/160195835_8f9dc1.jpg)
Maria Kraakman
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Gang of Oss (2011)
Cobain (2018)
In Blue (2017)
Ward Weemhoff
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)
Hardcore Never Dies (2023)
My Queen Karo (2009)
Tamar van den Dop
Netherlands
Best movies:
Character (1997)
Cobain (2018)
Brush with Fate (2003) (TV movie)
Andrew Vandaele
Belgium
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Cobain (2018)
Önder Doğan
Netherlands
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)
Maartje van de Wetering
Netherlands
Best movies:
Daylight (2013)
Cobain (2018)
Ron Goossens, Low-Budget Stuntman (2017)
Galyna Kyyashko
Soviet Union
Frans de Wit
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Jurre Otto
Netherlands
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)
Dana Marineci
Romania
Best movies:
Scarred Hearts (2016)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Cobain (2018)
Thomas Dudkiewicz
Netherlands
Poal Cairo
Netherlands
Best movies:
Zillion (2022)
Cobain (2018)
Clean Hands (2015)
Belinda van der Stoep
Netherlands
Best movies:
Accused (2014)
Just Friends (2018) (TV movie)
Cobain (2018)
Thomas Ryckewaert
Belgium
Oscar van Woensel
Netherlands
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)
Wolfsbergen (2007)
Earl Daniël
Best movies:
Cobain (2018)