Sun and Concrete

No pun intended - there are only a handful interviews on the disc I got ... I was unable to watch this in cinemas. But the first few people (actors) that spoke ... I wondered if they even understood what the movie was supposed to be about? Which would make it even richer and I reckon better(?) ... as in how they played it. Because the script may be as tight as it can be ... if you do not have the right actors to play the roles ... well you'll have some issues making it.

That all said, the last actor to be interviewed he got it. This is about circumstances ... this is about not being able to escape your surroundings ... this is about family, this is about a broken society and system ... with neighborhoods that will raise children unable to escape the day to day violence.

Even more so when they do not let kids go to school, just because they forgot their ID. That is rough - usually kids don't even want to go. But as good as the intents may be from our main character (kid) ... he lets himself being dragged down ... the cycle of violence is there ... and it is big! There are quite a few stories and even those who may seem evil, have a family, have their own cross to bear (or whatever the equivalent would be in other religions).

The dialog sounds real, the story feels real ... and it may make you sad ... thinking that this or something similar is how certain parts of Berlin (or any big city probably) "work" ... well they don't, that is what I am saying.