Beyond Wriezen ( Nach Wriezen )

Beyond Wriezen (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Nach Wriezen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

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

Directed By:
Daniel Abma

Written By:
Daniel Abma

Actors:
Daniel Abma

Synopsis:

Three young German delinquents are released from prison and the camera follows them at a distance as they try to reintegrate into society. It's a process that brings to the surface ambitions, fears, frustration and issues of self-respect. Their rehabilitation doesn't pass without incident. Finding a job or a place to live is difficult because of prejudice, or their own inability to adapt to a world where there are many unwritten rules. Getting rid of your swastika tattoo doesn't automatically make you the ideal son-in-law, but the efforts of committed social workers mean the boys aren't entirely abandoned to fate. All three former inmates get their girlfriends pregnant, and one of them develops some serious nesting tendencies. He advises his girlfriend to stop smoking and doesn't want to show his baby to the camera, because "Berlin is full of freaks and retards." Another new father is forced to give the child up for adoption, due to his youth and the mother's emotional instability. The third one starts dealing drugs in order to provide for the family, ending up back in jail before long. Beyond Wriezen shows a dreary and tough side of the German welfare state. In spite of it all, the film also has its poignant moments: the loving smile of a girlfriend, a cat playing with a moving dot of light, and a piglet running to escape a speeding car.

A movie about life after serving time in jail. This documentary tells the story about three delinquent adolescents Imo (22), Jano (17), and Marcel (25), after the day of their release from prison in Wriezen (Germany), for a period of three years.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.