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6.8/10   877 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Özgür Yildirim (writer)
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Release Date:
17 April 2008 (Germany) more
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Plot:
Loyalty between two friends is stretched to its limit by one's deception. | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cannes 2009 Producer's Patch: The Match Factory
 (From ioncinema. 14 May 2009)

2009 Lola Winners
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 24 April 2009, 9:54 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Denis Moschitto ... Chiko
Moritz Bleibtreu ... Brownie
Volkan Özcan ... Tibet
Fahri Ogün Yardim ... Curly
Reyhan Sahin ... Meryem
Lilay Huser ... Tibets Mutter

Philipp Baltus ... Scholle
Henny Reents ... Reji
Hans Löw ... Sascha
Simon Goerts ... Jimmi
Murat Karaman ... Hakan
Enver Akin ... Imam (as Enver Akin)
Lukas Gregorowicz ... Tonton (as Lucas Gregorowicz)
Jelica Batarilo ... Schwester Jessica
Peter Jordan ... Arzt
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Argentina:92 min | Germany:92 min
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Watchable But Predictable, 9 November 2008
5/10
Author: Chris Newfield from Santa Barbara, California

The performances are very good, as is each scene taken by itself. The story is completely predictable, including the end, which I also found frankly unbelievable. The whole hodge-podge of conflicted feelings about ethic identity reminded me of "Once Were Warriors," which was about a violent Maori community in New Zealand. At least that movie acknowledged that the male craziness had a partial source in poverty and racism (without excusing it). Chiko doesn't admit much of anything about Germany - the early parts of the film are a kind of "rebels without a cause." At least for me, steeped in the race relations of English-speaking countries plus France, this film self-pathologized Turkish-German males and sensationalized their emotions in a way I didn't find very insightful. But on the level of production and acting, it was at least an 8.

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