Directed by:
Mijke de JongScreenplay:
Helena van der MeulenCinematography:
Goert GiltayCast:
Elske Rotteveel, Kees Scholten, Elsie de Brauw, Jaap Spijkers, Bright O'Richards, Bente de Vries, Floris Heyne, Carmen Otten, Sharai Voet, Samir Veen (more)Plots(1)
Socially committed tele-film about bullying. Merel (12) suddenly becomes the victim of bullying at school from one day to the next. For a series of six television films, the socially committed director Mijke de Jong made a film about bullying. With its observing camera, the film follows Merel, a 12-year-old girl who suddenly becomes a victim of bullying at school from one day to the next. Not because she is shy, dumb or ugly - Merel does well in the classroom and the gym - but because she happens to become the butt of a power game. At first, the bullying is carried out on the q.t., but later it becomes more frequent, open and above-all violent. At home, she doesn't let on about it, neither to her parents nor to her adopted handicapped brother, with whom she spends a lot of her time. As the bullying increases, Merel loses her childlike innocence and becomes hardened. Even her little brother suffers. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
![Elske Rotteveel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/264/160264099_c8300c.jpg)
Elske Rotteveel
Netherlands
![Kees Scholten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/264/160264110_935bc9.jpg)
Kees Scholten
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Elsie de Brauw
Netherlands
Best movies:
Antonia's Line (1995)
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Sea of Time (2022)
Jaap Spijkers
Netherlands
Bright O'Richards
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Bente de Vries
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Carmen Otten
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Sharai Voet
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Damien Hope
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Off Screen (2005)
Benja Bruijning
Netherlands
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
The Gang of Oss (2011)
The Fury (2016)
Wigbolt Kruyver
Netherlands
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Little Crumb (1999)
Derk-Jan Warrink
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Fred Goessens
Netherlands
Best movies:
Character (1997)
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Quality Time (2017)
Ingeborg Ansing
Netherlands
Fred van der Hilst
Netherlands
Best movies:
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
De marathon (2012)