For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and their apparently idyllic family life collapses. Their mostly absent and irresponsible mother is not much help either. But their friendship with Malik, a boy of Billie’s age, frees them from their shackles. Together they embark on a journey full of intense moments of freedom. The colourful, emotional world of the three young people is depicted in kaleidoscopic black and white imagery, which opens space for their own notions of childhood. Alexandre Rockwell's tale portrays a profound sense of solidarity and deep love: for cinema and Billie Holiday, and also for risk and adventure.
Alexandre Rockwell
Director, Writer
Lana Rockwell
Billie
Nico Rockwell
Nico
Will Patton
Adam
Karyn Parsons
Eve
ML Josepher
Beaux
Jabari Watkins
Malik
Steven Randazzo
Owen
A Streetcar Named Desire76%
The Straight Story77%
A River Runs Through It69%
The Keys of the Kingdom71%
The Glass Castle71%
The Fabelmans75%
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof76%
Bridge to Terabithia73%
Where the Red Fern Grows63%
Dad63%
James White66%
Boyhood74%
Skin64%
Back to Black66%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Mank66%
Sounder74%
East of Eden75%
The Unbreakable Boy77%
Cassandra's Dream63%
