Too Far Away
Original Title
Zu weit weg- Director: Sarah Winkenstette
- Writer: Susanne Finken
- Producer: Corinna C. Poetter
CGiii Comment
12yo Ben and his family have to leave their village due to the lignite mining in the western region of Germany. Ben has trouble fitting in his new school and equally new soccer club, while his old friends are already moving on. Then Tariq, a young Syrian, is seated next to him in school, and the two teenagers slowly bond over their shared interests - and shared losses.
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Cast & Characters
Yoran Leicher as Ben;
Sobhi Awad as Tariq;
Anna Konig as Nane Lubertz;
Andreas Nickl as Sven;
Anna Bottcher as Frau Pawletta;
Petra Nadolny as Direktorin Melanie;
Tobias Schafer as Felix;
Julia Schmitt as Frau Loer;
Mohamed Achour;
Bilal Bahadir as Security;
Soufjan Ibrahim as Kheder;
Nino Porzio as Lehrer;
Sabine Vitua