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Shabu (12A)

After crashing his grandmother's car, a teenager spends his summer making money in this upbeat and warm-hearted Dutch documentary.

Precocious Rotterdam teenager Shabu isn’t doing great. After stealing and crashing his grandmother’s car—and getting a remote scolding from her via Skype—he owes her €1,200, to be paid at the end of the summer when she’s back from Suriname. He takes on a series of odd jobs to save up the cash, but finds them boring and would much rather hang out with his best friend Jahnoa or girlfriend Stephy (although he often has a hard time choosing which). 

Then, spurred on by the dog days of a sun-dappled urban summer, inspiration hits—and Shabu decides to stage a block party in order to showcase his talents as a rapper and earn back his grandmother’s trust.

  • DIRECTOR: Shamira Raphaëla 
  • CAST: Sharonio “Shabu” Abisoina 
  • LANGUAGE: Dutch with English subtitles

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