La vida secreta de Kika

Kika

Bélgica, Francia, 2025.

Directed by: Alexe Poukine.

Alexe Poukine (France, 1982) is a filmmaker based in Belgium. After studying photography in New Zealand and Anthropology in France, she directed the documentaries "Sleeping in the Stones" (2013) and the acclaimed "That Which Does Not Kill" (Sans frapper, 2019), a feature-length exploration of rape and its victims. In 2021, she directed the autobiographical medium-length fiction "Palma."

Cast: Makita Samba, Thomas Coumans, Manon Clavel.

Running time: 110 min.

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Synopsis

Happily married, with a daughter and a stable job, Kika meets David by chance. They fall in love instantly and move in together. Some time later, she becomes pregnant. But then, David dies suddenly, leaving Kika devastated, homeless, and financially ruined. Determined to stay strong and earn money quickly, she plunges into a dark and unfamiliar world—a realm of fetishes and desires that, unexpectedly, becomes a path toward self-discovery. Surprising and provocative, yet never losing empathy for its magnetic protagonist, the film offers a portrait of a woman confronting a sudden and cruel upheaval in her life with determination and courage. Alexe Poukine approaches the story with a free and unsensationalist gaze, crafting a dark, tender, raw, and unpredictable comedy that explores the process of reinvention of someone willing to cross previously unimagined thresholds. The Secret Life of Kika is not a story of redemption, but of survival.

Happily married, with a daughter and a stable job, Kika meets David by chance. They fall in love instantly and move in together. Some time later, she becomes pregnant. But then, David dies suddenly, leaving Kika devastated, homeless, and financially ruined. Determined to stay strong and earn money quickly, she plunge...

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