Ants go other ways

17-year-old Richard voluntarily admits himself to a youth home to get out of his hated mother's house after his father's suicide - nominated for the Grimme Prize. In the "Hahnhof" group home Richard meets a quirky group of young people, all of whom had early bad experiences and are now searching in one way or another for happiness. But Richard doesn't want anything to do with them. He's only interested in Kyra. "Filmmaker Catharina Deus draws her battered young characters with humor and fantasy in a sensitive and sometimes surreal way." (cinema.arte.tv)

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Kinoherz
  • Love
  • Made in Germany
  • Storyline: Not just Sex
  • Storyline: True Romance
  • Young Talent
  • achtung berlin – new berlin film award
  • Coming of Age
  • Mental Health
  • mourning
  • teen
  • youth

Actors

  • Henriette Confurius
  • Tim Oliver Schultz
  • Christian Löber
  • Lili Hering
  • Paul Gäbler
  • Hildegard Kuhlenberg
  • Lea Willkowsky

Director

  • Catharina Deus

Love & Sex, Romance


1h 33min


12 FSK

DE

Germany
2011
In a personal crisis, assisted living becomes a lifesaver for Richard.

In a personal crisis, assisted living becomes a lifesaver for Richard.


17-year-old Richard voluntarily admits himself to a youth home to get out of his hated mother's house after his father's suicide - nominated for the Grimme Prize.


In the "Hahnhof" group home Richard meets a quirky group of young people, all of whom had early bad experiences and are now searching in one way or another for happiness. But Richard doesn't want anything to do with them. He's only interested in Kyra.


"Filmmaker Catharina Deus draws her battered young characters with humor and fantasy in a sensitive and sometimes surreal way." (cinema.arte.tv)

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