SYSTEM CRASHER

SYSTEM CRASHER (SYSTEMSPRENGER), 2019
Germany| DCP, Color, 118’ | German
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Cast: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide

Benni is a nine year-old untamed girl. With two other young children other than Benni, her mother, who is unable to find the strength to take care of this girl ends up giving her to child protection services. Wherever Benni goes, she has tantrums and violent outbursts, but no one can handle her, despite their good intentions. Micha, whose real specialty is working with adolescents, believes that the best cure for Benni is to introduce her to nature. In her first feature length film, which was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlinale, Nora Fingscheidt portrays how feelings of empathy and sense of responsibility end up pushing each other in opposite directions.