Too Far Away
6.4
“Competitors become friends”
Ben (11) and Tariq (12) have more in common than they realise. Both are new to school and football and have lost their homeland. Ben's village will soon became an open brown coal mine. He and his family move to a nearby city but Ben fails to fit in at his new school. Bullied, he returns secretly to his old, abandoned home. His one pleasure, football, pales with the arrival of Tariq, a Syrian refugee and better player. But when bureaucracy stops Tariq playing, he runs away, Ben finds him and learns that Tariq is desperate to be reunited with his scattered family. Jealousy on the football field becomes friendship and understanding.
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Cast
28 people
Yoran Leicher
Ben Lübertz
Known for
The Tank
The Space Between the Lines
Sobhi Awad
Tariq Sabia
No other roles listed
Anna König
Nane Lübertz
Known for
Dark
Wetlands
Andreas Nickl
Sven Lübertz
Also in
Never Look Away
Wanderjahre
Julia Hirt
Isa Lübertz
No other roles listed
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Trainer Niederkirchbach
Known for
The Wave
Anna Böttcher
Frau Pawletta
Known for
Ruby Red
Erkan and Stefan
Ben Nicolas Behrend
Luca
Also in
Ich war eine glückliche Frau
Herzensbrecher – Vater von vier Söhnen
Fritz Joachim
Elton
No other roles listed
Bibo Thabit
Erec
No other roles listed
Lapo Schleifer
Linus
No other roles listed
Sophia Gobrecht
Emily
Known for
How to Be Really Bad
Sarah Winkenstette Director · Susanne Finken Writer Monika Plura Cinematographer
First release May 30, 2019 · Produced in Germany · Production Weydemann Bros.
Production
Orange Roughy Filmproduktion
Production
Weydemann Bros.
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Zu weit weg
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Ukraine · May 30, 2019
Limited theatrical · Molodist International Film Festival
Germany · March 12, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
August 28, 2020 · Digital
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