On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own path.
Cinematography
North Sea landscapes that breathe and suffocate.
Acting
Jasper Billerbeck carries the whole film on small shoulders.
Director
Fatih Akin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amrum is one of Germany's North Frisian islands, where postwar guilt and rural isolation created unique generational silences Akin excavates here.
Akin returns to his documentary roots—this was shot with non-professional local kids and actual islanders, explaining the uncanny authenticity of Nanning's labor.
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