52 Films by Women Vol 9. 12. Kika (Director: Alexe Poukine)
Pictured : Bawling in love again? Kika ( Manon Cleval , left) and Rasha ( Anaël Snoek , right) administer to the infantile fantasies of a wealthy man in a scene from Belgian director Alexe Poukine 's drama, ' Kika '. Still courtesy of Imagine Film Distribution (Belgium), Totem Films Contains spoilers Kika , director Alexe Poukine’s debut feature, is a drama about a woman in her thirties who becomes a sex worker. A sex worker, I should add, who does not want to be touched. Kika is a Belgian film. If cinema is to be believed, Belgium is a country filled with complicated, twisted families, with parents who don’t show enough love to their children or else go too far. This is evident in Fien Troch’s 2016 film, Home . Poukine’s film, which she co-wrote with Thomas Van Zuylen, deals with unexpected love. Kika (Manon Clavel), a social worker with a husband, Paul (Thomas Coumans) and young (school age) daughter, Louison (Suzanne Elbaz) falls for David (Makita Samba) after they...