Too Far Away
Competitors become friends
86 mins
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.
Julia Hirt
Isa Lübertz
Fritz Joachim
Elton
Bibo Thabit
Erec
Lapo Schleifer
Linus
Sophia Gobrecht
Emily
Lola Höller
Frida
Carlo Bohnenkamp
Paul
Marie Winkenstette
Sarah
Julia Schmitt
Frau Loer
Lina Zaraket
Bedienung
Trish Osmond
Grandma Bränder
Koray Kanatli
Towart Grün-Weiß
Hans Fugger
Schiri
Magda Slota
Security
Soufjan Ibrahim
Kheder Sabia