There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.
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Cast
15 people
Sascha Alexander Geršak
Wolski
Known for
Das Boot
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Luis Pintsch
Marcel
Also in
Katharina Tempel
22 Lengths
Florian Schewe
Melanie Berke
Tevita Fukufuka
Tevita
No other roles listed
Volker Heise
Sarah Schill
Lolohea Lin
Hea
No other roles listed
Thomas Kufus
Tevita Fukofuka
Tevita
Bruno Banani
Lole
No other roles listed
Fuahea Semi
Lole
Florian Schewe Director · Sarah Schill Writer
First release October 18, 2017 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German, Tongan
Production
ZDF
Production
Zero One Film
Production
ARTE
Production · Distribution
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Tongan
Release dates
Tonga · October 18, 2017
Nuku'alofa Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
November 20, 2017 · Just Film
France
November 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Germany
October 25, 2017 · Hof International Film Festival
Italy
May 23, 2018 · Milan International Film Festival
Malta
June 12, 2018 · Valletta Film Festival
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