FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Fatih Akin - Tschick 

Fatih Akin films Wolfgang Herrndorf's bestseller with the help of another hamburger: Hark Bohm, one of the best (and at the same time most worth discovering) directors of the New German Film. We expect a classic Coming Of Age story. This may be unusual, as debutants in particular stage such films and Akin has long been established. Does Akin still remember the fleeting feeling of youth? The feeling of storm and stress? Herrhof himself delved into the books of his own childhood before starting his novel. He discovered that the heroes prefer to travel and thus perceive the adult world. A raft trip on the Elbe, however, no longer seemed plausible to him. Better one on the highway in stolen Lada! A lot is new to Akin: He films someone else's thoughts. His team was also largely fixed. Akin as a commissioned director. Hark Bohm always had a keen sense for the vibrations of youth and it was right for Akin to bring him on board! The music is aimed at at least one generation after us: Seed, the beginners, fractus or the beatsticks can be heard. The actors are known from the Rico and Oskar movies. But the mood may be closer to a Mark Twain novel than modern times - and so we expect at least a German Stand-By-Me!