

Playground
When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him by warning their father. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora will ultimately try to find her place, torn between children's and adult's worlds.
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7.1/10
188 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
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- Language
- French
- bullying
- elementary school
- school
- woman director
- kids
- brother sister relationship
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)11 Feb 2022
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2021
- Theatrical1522 Apr 2022
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical20 Oct 2021
ChinaCN
- PremierePingyao International Film Festival19 Oct 2021
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival17 Sept 2022
- Digital / OTT1 Feb 2023
- TV24 Feb 2023
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival8 Jul 2021
- TheatricalU26 Jan 2022
- Digital / OTTVOD6 Sept 2022
- PhysicalDVD6 Sept 2022
- Digital / OTTOCS13 Oct 2022
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK126 Oct 2022
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival20 Aug 2022
JapanJP
- PremiereNara International Film Festival21 Sept 2022
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1225 Nov 2021
RussiaRU
- PremiereOn The Edge West International Film Festival4 May 2022
- Theatrical16+16 Jun 2022
South KoreaKR
- PremiereJeonju International Film Festival30 Apr 2022
- Theatrical1225 May 2022
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Playground was released on 20 October 2021.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/4/2025
This is one of those films that has you shouting at the screen! “Nora” (Maya Vanderbeque) intervenes when her older brother “Abel” (Günter Duret) is routinely getting his hair washed in a toilet bowl, but the results of her actions merely serve to alienate her from her brother whilst having fairly profound effects on both their behaviour at school and to each other, of of that of their friends to them. It’s a cycle o…
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