A Handful of Grass
At first, Hamburg cab driver and ex-policeman Hellkamp doesn't quite know what to do with the little Turkish boy who is waiting in vain in his car for his uncle to return. Finally, he takes the ten-year-old Kendal, who doesn't speak a word of German, home with him. What Hellkamp doesn't suspect is that Kendal was brought to Germany to serve as a drug mule for Turkish gangsters.
Just as the grumpy Hellkamp begins to befriend the boy, a couple of Kendal's shady "relatives" show up at Hellkamp's door to pick up the boy. A short time later, Hellkamp and Kendal meet again. The shy boy has meanwhile become a shrewd drug mule. Hellkamp decides to free Kendal from the brutal milieu of the drug dealers. But the drug squad is also after the boy - in order to use him as an informant.
Producer: Peter Herrmann, Günter Rohrbach
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Screenplay: Uwe Timm
Camera: Martin Langer
Editing: Eva Schnare
Music: Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker
Cast:
Arman Inci: Kendal
Oliver Korittke: Hellkamp
Ercan Durmaz: Kendals Onkel
Lisa Martinek: Gaby
Yasmin Asadie: Franziska
Jürgen Hentsch: Kroog
Brigitte Janner: Frau Jansen
Michael Gwidsek: Kruse
Dieter Pfaff: Futtermittel-Vertreter
Preise (selection):
Grand Prix Cannes Junior 2001 – Festival de Cannes
Publikumspreis „Best Feature“ – Festival Cinè Junior 2001, Paris
Reel to Real Youth Jury Award Ages 13 an Up – Best Picture
At first, Hamburg cab driver and ex-policeman Hellkamp doesn't quite know what to do with the little Turkish boy who is waiting in vain in his car for his uncle to return. Finally, he takes the ten-year-old Kendal, who doesn't speak a word of German, home with him. What Hellkamp doesn't suspect is that Kendal was brought to Germany to serve as a drug mule for Turkish gangsters.
Just as the grumpy Hellkamp begins to befriend the boy, a couple of Kendal's shady "relatives" show up at Hellkamp's door to pick up the boy. A short time later, Hellkamp and Kendal meet again. The shy boy has meanwhile become a shrewd drug mule. Hellkamp decides to free Kendal from the brutal milieu of the drug dealers. But the drug squad is also after the boy - in order to use him as an informant.
Producer: Peter Herrmann, Günter Rohrbach
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Screenplay: Uwe Timm
Camera: Martin Langer
Editing: Eva Schnare
Music: Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker
Cast:
Arman Inci: Kendal
Oliver Korittke: Hellkamp
Ercan Durmaz: Kendals Onkel
Lisa Martinek: Gaby
Yasmin Asadie: Franziska
Jürgen Hentsch: Kroog
Brigitte Janner: Frau Jansen
Michael Gwidsek: Kruse
Dieter Pfaff: Futtermittel-Vertreter
Preise (selection):
Grand Prix Cannes Junior 2001 – Festival de Cannes
Publikumspreis „Best Feature“ – Festival Cinè Junior 2001, Paris
Reel to Real Youth Jury Award Ages 13 an Up – Best Picture
