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The Other Boy

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Original title

Der andere Junge (The Other Boy)

Year

2007

Running time

95 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Volker Einrauch

Screenwriter

Lothar Kurzawa

Cast

Cinematography

Bernd Meiners

Producer

Josefine Filmproduktion, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

The Morells and Wagners, both families consisting of father, mother and son, live in a Hamburg suburb. Both are perfectly normal families, even at second sight. The fathers have been friends for years. The adults meet regulary for a game of cards, rouding off the image of harmony and order. However, the parents are unaware of the brutal and despairing animosity raging between their adolescent sons. Robert, the younger and also smaller of the two, is repeatedly fl eeced by Paul. One day, he fi nds himself cornered by his sadistic tormentor to the extent that he shoots him dead. When the parents have burled Paul and done their utmost to cover up the crime, an ever more desperate and drastic tragedy begins.

Awards: 2007: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Actress (Andrea Sawatzki)

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The Other Boy

2007

Volker Einrauch