Tough Enough
(2006)
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Tough Enough
(2006)
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Michael Polischka
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Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen | ... |
Miriam Polischka
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Erhan Emre | ... |
Hamal
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Oktay Özdemir | ... |
Erol
(as Inanç Oktay Özdemir)
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Kida Khodr Ramadan | ... |
Barut
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Arnel Taci | ... |
Crille
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Kai Michael Müller | ... |
Matze
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Hans Löw | ... |
Kommissar Gerber
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Jan Henrik Stahlberg | ... |
Dr. Klaus Peters
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Amy Mußul | ... |
Lisa
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Georg Friedrich | ... |
Holger Hagenbeck
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Marc Zwinz | ... |
Strippe
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Henriette Müller | ... |
Jule
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| Eva Löbau | ... |
Elke
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Fabian Krüger | ... |
Rainer der Künstler
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When Miriam splits up with her wealthy lover, she and her 15-year-old son Michael have to move from posh Zehlendorf to run-down Berlin-Neukölln. The boy finds friends in his new neighborhood, but at school he is victimized and pressed for money by Errol and his gang. Handing over money from a burglary rather serves to encourage the bullies instead of warding them off, so Michael is desperately looking for a better solution. Written by Armin Ortmann {armin@sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de}
I expected another Gegen die Wand and I got...well, this! It's the kind of story we've seen countless times before, and in many cases better executed. This movie just doesn't add up to other movies about troubled kids going on the wrong path in life. Recent pearls like La Haine or Cidade de Deus are so much better.
The problem I had with this story is that we can predict from the very beginning where it is going to lead us. From the moment we see the good looking, almost angelic kid walking into a police station with blood on his shoes, we know that he'll turn the wrong way by meeting the wrong people. And that's exactly what happens. It doesn't lead us - the viewer - on any new grounds regarding the subject of youth delinquency. The small subplot concerning the mother is strong, but I really felt that they could've heighten it to a higher level. In the end it does deliver as a heart wrenching thriller rather than the society comment it wants to be. The Germans know how to make good cinema, this doesn't belong in there.