Alex is constantly in trouble with his father, who thinks he's a loser. When his father becomes violent again, Alex goes crazy and crashes his car into the counter of the bank where his father works. A short time later, Alex is arrested. In order to be back with his mother and little sister Lena as quickly as possible, he accepts an unusual offer: 120 days in camp instead of four years in prison - without realizing how hard his time there would be...
Acting
Koeberlin's spiral from rage to brokenness is uncomfortably real.
Direction
Linke shoots institutional abuse with documentary coldness.
Director
Andreas Linke
Matthias Koeberlin
Alex
Natalia Wörner
Britta Seidel
Erhan Emre
Rashid
Paul Faßnacht
Hartmut Roeber
Tobias Oertel
Dehring
Kirsten Block
Alex Mutter
Cornelia Gröschel
Lena
Robert Meller
Staatssekretaer Neumann
Ralph Misske
Lübcke
Wowo Habdank
Vollzugsbeamter
Steffen Jürgens
Notarzt
Ralf Dittrich
Direktor JVA
Aaron Hildebrand
Marek
Jacob Matschenz
Jens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Inspired by real German 'Erziehungsheime' scandals; the country was reckoning with institutional child abuse when this dropped.
The film refuses easy villains — even Hartmut's cruelty stems from his own broken masculinity, making the cycle feel inescapable.
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