System Crasher

    System Crasher
    2019

    Synopsis

    Wherever 9-year-old Benni ends up, she is expelled. She has become what child protection services call a “system crasher.” But she is not looking to change her ways, and has one goal: go back home to her mother. When anger management trainer Micha is hired to help, suddenly there is hope.

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    Cast

    • Helena ZengelBenni
    • Albrecht SchuchMichael Heller
    • Gabriela Maria SchmeideFrau Bafané
    • Lisa HagmeisterMutter
    • Maryam ZareeElli Heller
    • Melanie StraubDr. Schönemann
    • Matthias BrennerErzieher Wolfgang
    • Tedros TeclebrhanErzieher Robert
    • Gisa FlakeLehrerin
    • Axel WernerBauer Bockelmann

    Recommandations

    • 100

      The Observer (UK)

      Most essential is the central performance: Zengel’s oscillating wild joys and storming furies are painful to watch. A moment when she howls for her mother (always tantalisingly out of reach) brought me to tears.
    • 100

      The Irish Times

      This is a wildly impressive first narrative feature, powered along by a strong cast, great chemistry, virtuoso flourishes, and fierce energy.
    • 80

      CineVue

      System Crasher is the outstanding feature film debut of German director Nora Fingscheidt. A tremendous slice of life filled with light and energy, which doesn’t shy away from the tough realities of what social care is like for children with severe developmental issues.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      A grisly, gripping watch.
    • 80

      Time Out

      System Crasher may veer towards being over-sympathetic in its approach to its violently problematic protagonist – Benni is a wrecking ball at times – but it delivers a powerful exposé of the limitations of the foster system. And with its impressive young star to the fore, it is heartbreakingly intimate.
    • 75

      Movie Nation

      Zengel is a balled-up fist of energy in the title role, getting across the sweetness that can convince those who take pity on Benni that “she’s making progress,” but unleashing hell in a flash to remind them she isn’t.

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