Shifting the Blame ( Schuld sind immer die Anderen )

Shifting the Blame (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Schuld sind immer die Anderen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Lars-Gunnar Lotz

Written By:
Anna Prassler

Actors:
Edin Hasanovic ..... Ben
Julia Brendler ..... Eva
Marc Benjamin Puch ..... Niklas
Pit Bukowski ..... Tobias
Natalia Rudziewicz ..... Mariana

Synopsis:

In an industrial section of Stuttgart, masked young criminal Benjamin Graf (Edin Hasanovic) and his accomplice carjack a woman, beating her unmercifully after she makes an ATM withdrawal for them. Not long afterwards, Ben is jailed on another charge and seems destined to be a career recidivist before social worker Niklas (Marc Benjamin Puch) persuades him to attend a rural camp for at-risk youth. After initially disrupting the group, Ben bears down and tries to fit in-until Niklas' wife Eva returns from leave, and Ben discovers she's the woman he assaulted. At once a compassionate tale of hard-fought redemption and a tense, cold thriller, Shifting the Blame manages the not inconsiderable feat of balancing the two dramatic tones with nary a misstep. And in Edin Hasanovic, who's worked primarily in German television and had a supporting role in Feo Aladag's 2011 Film/Neu opener When We Leave and in this program's Life is Nothing for Cowards, director Lars-Gunnar Lotz has found an actor seemingly unafraid to unleash the ferocity that has consumed Ben. Winner of numerous German film awards and featured at many international film festivals, Shifting the Blame is an accomplished, effective and ultimately eye-opening drama.

In a project with the concept of open-prison, Benjamin is given the unique chance of a new beginning. As one of seven juvenile offenders he should adopt social skills and experience security in a family-like community. But when he meets his house-mother Eva, he is shocked. She was one of his victims, but cannot recognize him because he was hidden by a mask. His brutal assault on her was never resolved. Ben does his best not to attract attention. But Eva's suspicion is aroused.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 June, 2014.

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