Helena Zengel
Benni
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System Crasher is Nora Fingscheidt’s first fiction feature film as director. Her attention was first drawn to the theme while filming the documentary Das Haus neben den Gleisen (2014) with Simone Gaul, which depicts life in a refuge for homeless women in Stuttgart.
Feb 21, 2020 · Benni is a 9-year-old girl who is expelled from every institution and wants to reunite with her mother. She meets Micha, an anger-management trainer, who tries to help her cope with her outbursts and trauma.
- (15K)
- Drama
- Nora Fingscheidt
- 2020-02-21
System Crasher is a German drama film that follows the story of a 9-year-old girl who disrupts the lives of everyone around her with her uncontrollable behavior. The film explores the causes and consequences of her trauma and anger, and features a breakthrough performance by Helena Zengel in the lead role.
- (37)
- Helena Zengel
- Nora Fingscheidt
- Drama
Traumatized, violent and yearning for love, 9-year-old Benni bonds with a gruff mentor as child-services workers struggle to find her a home. Watch trailers & learn more.
- 120 min
Feb 8, 2019 · A Berlinale competition entry about a troubled 9-year-old with psychotic episodes and a traumatic past. The film follows her journey through the child welfare system and her encounters with various caregivers, but questions its idealistic and overly sympathetic approach.
The wild 9-year-old girl has already become what child protection services call a “system crasher”. Profoundly affected by childhood trauma, Benni is by turns bright, funny...
Traumatized, violent and yearning for love, 9-year-old Benni bonds with a gruff mentor as child-services workers struggle to find her a home. Watch trailers & learn more.
