Nuclear Boy

TIFF.25 - Teen Spirit

nl

TIFF 2026

Section: Teen Spirit
Director: Joren Molter
Cast: Guus Blanken, Jelka van Houten, Ruben de Goede
Duration: 1h 19m
Country: Netherlands
Language: nl
Year: 2026

The lonely 17-year-old outcast Aike craves attention and finds it online where he conducts dangerous chemistry experiments. Hoping to pull Aike out of his internet bubble, his mother, a hardworking nurse, sends him to the scouts to make real friends. When that fails, Aike feels rejected and hurt. To prove himself to the world, he begins his biggest experiment yet: he secretly builds a nuclear breeder reactor in his mother's shed! Film based on true events.