Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- gentle
- intimate
- quiet evening
- reflective weekend
What sets it apart
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Kika loses her partner while pregnant and must quickly find ways to support herself and her children.
Kika is pregnant with her second child and makes financial survival inseparable from protecting her family.
The film combines heartbreak, financial pressure, emotional healing, and gentle comic framing.
The Belgian-French production and intimate story of grief, work, and money place personal crisis within a recognizable social world.
Films like Kika, and why
Rosetta
shares social realism, financial precarity, and an emotionally resilient protagonist navigating institutional and personal hardship
The Worst Person in the World
shares grief, intimate character study, bittersweet humor, and contemporary francophone emotional realism
The Nothing Factory
shares a woman-centered tragicomedy, social critique, and awkwardly tender treatment of emotional vulnerability
Movie Details
- Director
- Alexe Poukine
- Release Date
- 2025-11-05
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (23)
Cast
- Manon Clavel
- Makita Samba
- Ethelle Gonzalez Lardued
- Suzanne Elbaz
- Thomas Coumans
- Anaël Snoek
- Kadija Leclère
- Bernard Blancan
- Caroline Faust
- Véronique Dumont
Common questions
- What is Kika about?
- After losing her partner while pregnant, Kika turns grief and financial desperation into a determined search for stability.
- What is Kika like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kika as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Kika violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Kika.
- Which films are like Kika?
- Films with a similar feel include Rosetta, The Worst Person in the World, and The Nothing Factory.
- How long is Kika?
- Kika runs 104 minutes.
