This movie focuses on the sad story of two Greek brothers living in the poorest neighborhood of Munich. As they were part of the small Turkish minority in Greece, the family of Maikis, 17, and Christos, 13, emigrated to Germany to start a new and better life. The boys soon realize that their dreams will not come true. As they live in a small apartment together with their mother under poor conditions, they start stealing, dealing with drugs and even going on the game at the central station. The only cheering prospects in their disappointing situation are social worker Xaver and the new teacher Hanna, but even they cannot prevent a tragedy… |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.5/10 | |
Released: | October 4, 2002 | |
Runtime: | 88 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Countries: | Germany France | |
Companies: | Arte France Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) TV-60 Filmproduktion | |
Cast: | Günther Maria Halmer Barbara Rudnik Toni Osmani Ioannis Tsialas | |
Crew: | Christian Wagner Gabriela Sperl | |
mkmikas : not bad, decent writing, nice pace, grimy aesthetics and subtle music; flawed characters w...