Too Far Away (2020)

  • AA
  • 08/28/2020 (AT)
  • Family
  • 1h 26m

Competitors become friends

Overview

Ben (11) and Tariq (12) have more in common than they realise. Both are new to school and football and have lost their homeland. Ben's village will soon became an open brown coal mine. He and his family move to a nearby city but Ben fails to fit in at his new school. Bullied, he returns secretly to his old, abandoned home. His one pleasure, football, pales with the arrival of Tariq, a Syrian refugee and better player. But when bureaucracy stops Tariq playing, he runs away, Ben finds him and learns that Tariq is desperate to be reunited with his scattered family. Jealousy on the football field becomes friendship and understanding.

Sarah Winkenstette

Director

Susanne Finken

Writer

Cast

Yoran Leicher's headshot

Yoran Leicher

Ben Lübertz
Sobhi Awad's headshot

Sobhi Awad

Tariq Sabia
Anna König's headshot

Anna König

Nane Lübertz
Andreas Nickl's headshot

Andreas Nickl

Sven Lübertz
Julia Hirt's headshot

Julia Hirt

Isa Lübertz
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow's headshot

Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow

Trainer Niederkirchbach
Anna Böttcher's headshot

Anna Böttcher

Frau Pawletta
Ben Nicolas Behrend's headshot

Ben Nicolas Behrend

Luca

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