Same Same but Different
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“Are you ready for the love of your life in your early twenties?”
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure.
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Cast
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David Kross
Ben
Known for
The Reader
Prey
Apinya Sakuljaroensuk
Sreykeo
Known for
4bia
Stefan Konarske
Ed
Known for
The Young Karl Marx
Das Boot
Jens Harzer
Henry
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Boy 7
Anne Müller
Claudia
Known for
Baghead
Dogs of Berlin
Michael Ostrowski
Alex
Known for
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Look Who's Back
Marie Jung
Regula
Known for
Acid
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
Lucile Charlemagne
Marie
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Julia Primus
Vanessa
No other roles listed
Constanze Becker
Sibylle
Also in
The Rats
Scene of the Crime
Olli Dittrich
Bens Vater
Known for
The Trixxer
Otto's Eleven
Gilla Cremer
Bens Mutter
Also in
Impossibly Yours
Der Kommissar und das Meer
Detlev Buck Director · Ruth Toma Screenplay Michael Ostrowski Screenplay
United States release October 26, 2010 · Produced in Cambodia, Germany, Thailand · Languages English, German, Khmer
Production
NDR
Production
Boje Buck Produktion GmbH
Production
Biscuit Films
Production
Bophana Production
Production
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Cambodia · Germany · Thailand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Khmer
Release dates
Switzerland · August 13, 2009
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Germany · January 21, 2010
Theatrical
United States · October 26, 2010
Premiere · San Francisco Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
Canada
September 13, 2009 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Hungary
April 10, 2012 · TV · TV premiere
Luxembourg
April 28, 2011 · Premiere · Luxembourg City Film Festival
South Korea
February 9, 2012 · Theatrical
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