Jella Haase
1) Cocoon
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Film Movement
Language
Deutsch
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Witness the coming-of-age transformation of Nora, a 14-year-old from Berlin, over the course of one blisteringly hot summer. A shy girl with a troubled mother and loving but boy-crazy older sister, Nora must contend with the many tribulations of early teenage years largely by herself. Shot with a deep understanding of teenage-girl desires, COCOON is a sun-soaked tale of one girl's self-discovery on the cusp of young adulthood. Described as "*seductive...
2) Caged Birds
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Swiss German
Description
Barbara "Babs" Hug, a young radical lawyer, is approached by the country's most wanted criminal, Walter Stürm a Robin Hood-like figure and Swiss counter-cultural icon after escaping from prison for the seventh time.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Deutsch
Description
An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in director-co-writer Burhan Qurbani's (We Are Young. We Are Strong) audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel. After surviving his perilous journey, Francis vows to be a good man, but he soon realizes how difficult it is to be righteous while undocumented in Germany - without papers, without a nationality, and without a work permit. When he receives...
4) Combat Girls
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This searing coming-of-age teen drama follows two suburban girls - from vastly different backgrounds - who both become ensnared in the Neo-Nazi youth movement. Twenty-year-old Marisa is a hardcore believer, a semi-skinhead whose body is adorned with Nazi tattoos. Fourteen-year-old Svenja is a sheltered, spoiled, straight-A student who becomes fascinated with the group because of her Neo-Nazi boyfriend. They begin as adversaries, but soon become best...
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