SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
SYSTEM CRASHER
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SYSTEM CRASHER
Cast & Crew
- Regie
- Produzent
- Drehbuch
- Kamera
- Hauptdarsteller/inHelena Zengel (Benni), Albrecht Abraham Schuch (Micha), Gabriela Maria Schmeide (Frau Bafané), Lisa Hagmeister (Bianca Klaaß)
- Schnitt
- Ton
- Musik
- Szenenbild
- VFX Supervisor
- Kostüm
- Maske
Festivalteilnahmen/Preise
Berlinale Competition 8.2.2019Statement Regisseur
While shooting a documentary about a home for dispossessed women, I heard the unofficial term “system crasher” for the first time, because the youngest resident was just 14 years old. There were no children’s homes left willing to take the girl in. I couldn’t get that term out of my head, so I started an intense research. During this period I met an 11-year-old boy who had been in 52 different institutions. “System crashers” are children with incredible strength and endurance, but still tragic figures. At a very early age they put all their opportunities of becoming integrated into our society at risk. How much energy does it take to drive so many trained child care workers to despair? What if it were possible to re-channel this energy and use it for positive purposes?My motivation for making this film was to sensitise people to children like Benni. That’s why the film is being told primarily from Benni’s point of view. As spectators we develop a feeling for the confusing number of “homes”, the changing guardians and the constant and dizzying disruption of relationships. At the same time, Benni draws us into the wild, uncertain, fantasy-filled world of a child fighting for her own sense of being. I wanted the film to bubble with energy and, despite the tragic nature of the topic, to be humorous and light-hearted. Just like Benni is. Although we may be upset – even shocked – by Benni’s violent behaviour, we should learn to love her and to fear for her during the course of the film. Ever since I met my first “system crasher”, I’ve known that I had to tell a story about one. Children’s violence is a cry for help. Always.
Biographie
Nora Fingscheidt was born in Braunschweig in 1983 and spent her childhood in Germany and Argentina. From 2003 onwards she supported the development of the self-organised film school filmArche in Berlin. At the same time, she completed her training as an acting coach by Sigrid Andersson. From 2008 to 2017 Nora studied Fiction Directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.Filmography:
2019 - SYSTEM CRASHER
2017 - WITHOUT THIS WORLD, doc.
2016 - THE LICENSE, short
2014 - BOULEVARD’S END, short
2013 - BRÜDERLEIN
2011 - ZWISCHEN DEN ZEILEN, short
2010 - SYNKOPE, short
Cast & Crew
Nora FingscheidtJonas Weydemann, Peter Hartwig, Jakob Weydemann, Frauke Kolbmüller
Nora Fingscheidt
Yunus Roy Imer
Helena Zengel (Benni), Albrecht Abraham Schuch (Micha), Gabriela Maria Schmeide (Frau Bafané), Lisa Hagmeister (Bianca Klaaß)
Stephan Bechinger, Julia Kovalenko
Corinna Zink
John Gürtler
Marie-Luise Balzer
Holger Hummel
Ulé Barcelos
Kitty Kratschke
