Dwars

Dwars

2025•1h 13m•8.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(1)

Katelijne suffers a spinal cord injury in a boating accident. They refuse to accept life in a wheelchair. Katelijne does everything she can to regain control over her body and life and begins a long and complex rehabilitation process with perseverance.

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KRO-NCRV, Volya Films

Language

NL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Katelijne Langezaal

Self

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