WOMEN, MARRIAGE, GRIEF, SELF-DISCOVERY, ECONOMY
While pregnant with her second child, Kika faces the sudden death of her partner. Totally heartbroken, and broke, she sets her priorities straight:
1. make money fast
2. stay strong
Dirty underwear, dildos and neurotic parents will unexpectedly help.
Cannes Film Festival – Critics’ Week 2025
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025
Munich Film Festival 2025 | Winner: CineMasters Award
Sarajevo Film Festival2025
New Zealand International Film Festival 2025
ALEXE POUKINE is a French director and screenwriter. She studied filmmaking and screenwriting. She first gained recognition for her graduation film Petites Morts (2008), selected for several international festivals. After two documentaries, Dormir, dormir dans les pierres (2013) and That Which Doesn’t Kill (2019), she directed her first fiction short film, Palma (2020) which won a the Special Jury Prize and Best Actress at the Clermont Ferrand Int Festival. Kika (2025) is her first fiction feature.