Goodbye berlin / Tschick / Гуд-бай, Берлин

GERMANY
2016, 93 MIN.

Director Fatih Akin
Script Lars Hubrich
Camera Rainer Klausmann
Design Jenny Roesler
Music Vince Pope
Cast: Tristan Gobel, Anand Batbileg, Nicole Mercedes Muller, Anja Schneider, Uwe Bohm, Udo Samel
Producers Marco Mehlitz, Susa Kusche, Kalle Friz
Production Lago Film, Studiocanal Film

While his mother is in rehab and his father is on a 'business trip' with his assistant, 14-year-old outsider Maik is spending the summer holidays bored and alone at his parents' villa, when rebellious teenager Tschick appears. Tschick, a Russian immigrant and an outcast, steals a car and decides to set off on a journey away from Berlin with Maik tagging along for the ride. So begins a wild adventure where the two experience the trip of a lifetime and share a summer that they will never forget.

FATIH AKIN
Born in Hamburg in 1973 to Turkish immigrants parents. Studied at the University of Fine Arts. After making two short films, he had a breakthrough in 1998 with his first feature film “Short Sharp Shock”. Akin's international breakthrough came with his melodrama “Head-On”, for which he won the Golden Bear and the European Film Award. He was awarded best screenplay at Cannes for “The Edge of Heaven” (2007). “Soul Kitchen” (2009) won 2 awards at the Venice IFF. His filmography includes “In July” (2000), “Denk ich an Deutschland – Wir haben vergessen zur Ockzukehren” (2001, doc.), “Solino” (2002), “Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul” (2005, doc.), “Polluting Paradise” (2012, doc.), “The Cut” (2014), “In the Fade” (2017), etc.

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