My Queen Karo

My Queen Karo

A young girl witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam.

Directed by Dorothée Van Den Berghe

Produced by Caviar, CoBo Fonds

2009101 min5.0 / 10

A coming-of-age story set in a 1970s Amsterdam commune that traces a child's gradual disillusionment as idealistic communal living fractures under the weight of human contradiction.

Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.

Questions people ask

  • Is My Queen Karo violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is My Queen Karo sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is My Queen Karo scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is My Queen Karo easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Does My Queen Karo end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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