TOUGH ENOUGH

KNALLHART

Detlev Buck

FRIDAY JANUARY 12 7PM CASTRO

Just as Michael turns fifteen, his mom’s boyfriend expels the two from his upscale home in Berlin’s posh Zehlendorf district, and they find themselves moving to the crime-ridden immigrant-dense Neukölln district. On the first day at his new school, Michael is beaten up by gang leader Erol and his boys. They are making sure that Michael understands a few ground rules. A quick learner, Michael soon emerges from being intimidated and scared to becoming a drug courier, thanks to his smarts and “honest” face. Now protected from gang violence, Michael nevertheless faces challenges on Berlin’s “mean streets” that land him, as the opening sequence shows, in custody.

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Bay Area Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2006
Run Time
35mm, 98 min, color
German with
English subtitles
Cast
David Kross
Jenny Elvers-
Elbertzhagen
Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Erhan Emre
Kida Ramadan
Oktay Özdemir
Arnel Taci
Camera
Kolja Brandt
Screenwriter
Yoran Drvenkar
Gregor Tessnow
Printsource
The Match Factory
Email
info@matchfactory.de
Awards
Berlinale 2006:
FIPRESCI Prize.
Label Europa Cinemas
German Film Awards 2006:
Best Editing.
Best Film Score.
Silver Film Award:
Outstanding Feature Film.

Director

Detlef Buck
was born in 1962 in Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein and was raised on a farm. He was rejected by Hamburg’s acting school but persisted in his career choice, acting and directing short films as opportunities arose before finally being accepted at the German Film Academy in Berlin in 1985. His films include KARNIGGELS (1991), WIR KÖNNEN AUCH ANDERS (1992), MÄNNERPENSION (1995), LIEBESLUDER (2000). He also regularly appears on screen as an actor