A film about kids with little else to offer apart from a well honed body, an overabundance of hormones and a high from their last line. Teenagers Nia and Pulpo hang out at the disco where Nia has sex with a girl he meets there, Foxy. On the way home, Nia and Pulpo are attacked by Spirit, Foxy’s ex. Pulpo is badly beaten up but the police intervene, and Nia ends up in a youth detention centre. He makes plans to escape in order to wreck revenge on Spirit, an eye for an eye, and part of his plan includes meeting Nicole, an attractive young lawyer.
Acting
Nils Althaus commits to Nia's simmering rage convincingly.
Score
Stress's original rap tracks ground the Swiss setting authentically.
Director
Mike Eschmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few Swiss-German films tackling urban youth and hip-hop culture, reflecting real 2000s tensions in Zurich's Letten district.
Rapper Stress (Spirit) was already a controversial Swiss music figure; casting him added authentic street credibility that critics found either perfect or distracting.
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