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Hand Full of Grass, A

Original title: Handvoll Gras, Eine
German title: Handvoll Gras, Eine
Germany, 1999

Director: Richter, Roland Suso
Production company: MTM West TV & Film
Co-producers: Bavaria
Age recommendation: 12 years and up

Synopsis:
Because of the poverty in his village, Kendal, 10 years old, is taken to Germany by his uncle. Without his parents knowing it, Kendal becomes a dealer. It's an easy job for him because he is too young to get arrested. Between the accommodation center for young delinquents and the world of drugs, Kendal finds in Hellkamp, a taxidriver and ex-policeman, protection and friendship.

Comments:
A very strong film!

This German film mixes its story of clashes of culture and loss of innocence with a crime story that gets darker and darker throughout, and eventually involves Kendal in a game of life and death. (Buster Copenhagen 2002)

Festivals:
Cannes Junior 2001 (Awarded), Cinekid Amsterdam 2001 (Awarded), Poznan 2002 (Grand Prix), Buster Copenhagen 2002, Sandnes 2002

World sales address/es:
Bavaria Media International (DE)

Sold to:
Studiocanal (DE)
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