Directed by: Denis Bots
Producer:David-Jan Bijker,Reinier Selen
Screenplay:Karin Van Holst Pellekaan
Music by: Johan Hoogewijs
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-pYv11et0
Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZKyABJFB8
The film is an adaptation of the Dutch book of the same name by Jacques Vriens. It was first released into cinemas in the Netherlands on February 15, 2012, and has won a 2012 Golden Film Award
Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children’s novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she’s scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.Akkie begins chemotherapy but because the leukemia is so aggressive, Akkie begins to realize that she will likely not survive.She asks one of her friends to play on her behalf, as she knows that she will not be able to attend the tournament herself. This prompts her classmates to play an impromptu match at the hospital, where Akkie’s bed is wheeled out onto the field. Happily watching them play, Akkie passes away peacefully. Her classmates go on to honor Akkie at the school tournament, where she attends in spirit via her classmates wearing her name on their uniforms and on banners throughout the area.
Hanna Obbeek as Akkie,Nils Verkooijen as Joep
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