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Ciske the Rat

Ciske the Rat

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 1984

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

Ciske de Rat

Production Companies

Sigma Pictures

Director

Guido Pieters

Description

Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch 1984 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night - his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske is also a very angry young man and he smoulders with rage at life's injustices.