Christine (1983 film) choke on a hamburger. Christine locks the doors and Arnie cannot get in to help Leigh, but Leigh manages to pull the lock open and is saved when a man in the car next to them administers the Heimlich maneuver. Sure that Christine is jealous of her, she vows never to get into the car again and urges Arnie to get rid of it. She and Arnie break up when he refuses to even consider this. Angry with Arnie over being expelled after a confrontation in shop class, school bully Buddy Repperton vandalizes Christine with the help of his gang.
Christine Leunens now nearing completion of a Franco-New Zealand historical novel, set in Auckland and Paris at the time of the Rainbow Warrior bombing. Leunens has been married to Axel de Maupeou d’Ableiges since 1999. They have three sons, and have been living in New Zealand since 2006. Christine Leunens Christine Leunens is a New Zealand-Belgian novelist. She is the author of "Primordial Soup", "Caging Skies" and "A Can of Sunshine", which have been translated in over fifteen languages. "Caging Skies" has been adapted for film by director Taika Waititi, under the name "Jojo Rabbit". Christine Leunens was born in Hartford, Connecticut