- Out of the children's home and into the rusty Chevrolet: Lu is whisked away by her eccentric mother - cowboy boots, wigs and sunglasses in tow. On their road trip east, both dream of finally staying together forever.
- Lu thinks she's spending an afternoon with her estranged mother Karina when she disappears into the adventure of a lifetime as Karina takes her to Poland in a beat-up sports car to stay together forever. The journey spirals out of control and Lu continues to step over her boundaries just to stay with her eccentric mother. KIDDO is a coming-of-age road movie with a nod to the lovers-on-the-run genre.
- Eleven-year-old Lu dreams of seeing her estranged mother Karina again. Karina is in Hollywood living a movie star life, even doing her own stunts - supposedly. She promised to be back soon, but that was a long time ago. Lu's wish finally seems to come true when a call reaches her foster home, announcing the visit of her mum. Lu is excited to spend an afternoon with her mother, but Karina has bigger plans. Ready to be her mum again, she takes her daughter on a road trip in her run-down sports car to visit Lu's grandma all the way in Poland. Karina wants to pick up a pile of money she hid there years ago, so they can start over and stay together forever. Lu makes her mother promise, and allows herself to dream about her new home.
But a road trip with Karina is never one without any bumps. Karina screams at the top of her lungs everyday to keep herself from going insane, and to Lu's excitement she likes to disregard rules. Even the trip itself is not permitted, and Lu has to lie to her foster mom about being on the run with Karina. Lu doesn't mind at first; she'll do everything to stay together. Both mother and daughter lose themselves in a Bonnie & Clyde-like fantasy: they wear wigs and caps to stay in disguise, steal a stranger's birthday cake while on a nightly run through a motel, and dine and dash at a Polish restaurant .
During the journey Lu gets to know her mother as she opens up about her past, and they grow closer. But even Clyde gets homesick sometimes. Lu finds herself at a crossroad: as much as she wants to stay with her mother forever, she can't keep stepping over her own boundaries just to keep up with her. The lying is gnawing at her, and Karina might not have been honest about everything either. Promises are broken once again. What started out as an adventurous road trip, rekindling an imperfect mother-daughter relationship, ends up taking an unexpected turn and shows Lu how to stand up for herself. 'All or nothing' is Karina's life motto, but Lu starts to realize that sometimes it's better to have 'just a bit' instead.
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