Ciske the Rat (1984)

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 poliocrippled 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 lifes injustices