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Tough Enough

2006 · 98 min

A grim, grounded plunge into teenage survival, where every choice feels dangerous and the pressure rarely lets up.

Directed by
Detlev Buck
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre
Overview
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

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Directed by
Detlev Buck
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • violence
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Detlev Buck
Written by
Zoran Drvenkar, Gregor Tressnow
Starring
David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre, Oktay Özdemir, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Arnel Taci, Kai Michael Müller, Hans Löw
Music
Bert Wrede
Cinematography
Kolja Brandt
Runtime
98 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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