Sometimes on the way home from school we had to avoid the Residenzstrasse, to avoid being beaten up by side roads and gardens to the S-Bahn. Or arriving home without sneakers. In the Residenzstrasse the danger was simply too high that someone like "Body Murat" was waiting for you. Or Kroko. Her name is Julia and she rules in the backyards of Wedding. Her fingernails are glued on, she wears artificial fur to solarium tan. She looks bored with light blue eyes. It's like the whole world owes her. That's why Kroko's mother reignited long ago, yes, she's afraid of her daughter. On the street Kroko gets respect. Basically, she has already achieved everything she expects from life. No "training shit", but cosmetics, discos and a gang devoted to her. I don't think we, the audience, or anyone else in this gang, like Kroko. That's not possible, because your pride never cracks. Kroko is ice-cold. She also appears in court after she hit a cyclist without a driving licence. Kroko is sentenced to 60 social hours in a handicapped flat share. The judge asks her to apologize to her victim. Not a chance! Kroko just rolls her eyes and looks at her fingernails. Franziska Jünger plays this femme fatale of the backyards as consistently as one has to perform on the street. It's not easy being a croco, because competitors lurking everywhere wanting to overthrow them. Even Kroko's friend actually seeks to avenge the humiliations of this relationship. Will their roll ever crack? Will we see Kroko smile for a moment? Then her first appearance in the handicapped flat-sharing community. The "buckle" against the "retards", as if aliens meet. But who is the alien here? Kroko thinks the director of the home is a "hippie" and refuses to lift a finger... Sylke Enders builds all the excitement of her debut on the question of whether someone succeeds in breaking Kroko's ice. Fortunately, Enders spares us from wanting to "purify" her main character. What's the point? Croc has its charms! Why can't a 17 year old perform like "Lauren Bacall"? The real wonder of Ender's film is that we're dealing with a secret comedy in a miserable cinema. Kroko's encounter with the "Spastis" is so funny in places that I had to blow my nose out loud! Then again my breath stops, when Franziska Jünger shows feelings for a short time. We have to imagine that her croc has not only forgotten this, but has trained off for a lifetime! Luckily Enders had no big budget at his disposal, only about 5000 Euros. She hired kids from Wedding like Franziska Jünger, the doctor's assistant, and shot in the area around the Gesundbrunnen in 2003, when there were no wool caps and lintbeards in Wedding. There were curry sausage stands, corner bars, nail studios and Kroko.
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