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Good Boy (A)
- Director: Torsten C. Fischer
- Writer: Karl-Heinz Käfer
- Producer: Sonja Goslicki; Liane Retzlaff
CGiii Comment
Powerful and heartbreaking.
Full credit to the writer and a resounding applause for the director - both have created an atmosphere that will tear at your sympathies.
Rarely is a father portrayed with such depth...this man needs to be held.
An incredible piece of troubling work.
And, Bowie's music has a hypnotic effect.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
After his mother's death, 17-year-old Sven moves in with his dad Achim, a taxi driver, who had divorced his mother several years earlier. It is not easy for Achim to get used to an adolescent around the house, especially since Sven hardly speaks to him. But Sven does well in school, and Achim hopes that time will bring them closer together. It is Achim's girlfriend Julia who first senses that something is wrong with Sven. Why, she wonders, does he always hang around with young boys? Why does not he have any friends his own age? She suspects that he is gay. The truth, however, is somewhat more nuanced - and chilling: Sven has pedophile tendencies. Proof is soon found on videos that shock and sicken Achim. Sven himself is shattered and regrets his actions. Julia suggests therapy, but Achim is convinced that he and Sven can handle this together. But he is wrong.
Cast & Characters
Klaus J. Behrendt as Achim Maas;
Sebastian Urzendowsky as Sven Maas;
Gabriela Maria Schmeide as Julia;
Martin Brambach as Ralf Bechler;
Bernd Michael Lade as Ronald;
Matthias Brenner as Dieter;
Komi Togbonou as Gaston;
Helene Grass;
Astrid Meyerfeldt as Doris;
Ursina Lardi as Patricks Mutter;
Cornelia Schmaus as Svens Oma;
Liv Lisa Fries as Jennifer;
Katarina Gaub;
Ulrike Bliefert;
Sandro Lohmann as Patrick