Forces

In a secluded village, beyond temporal and geographical location, lives 14-year-old Daniel. The life of this gentle and tolerant teen, who wants to please everyone, is marked by violence and emotional coldness. He sacrifices himself for his family, tries to please his violent big brother, and devotedly cares for his terminally ill father, who longs for his own end but does not dare to end his life himself. In the forest, Daniel meets Marcel, an outcast who has returned to the village after many years and ekes out a living by fighting dogs. The two are united by their receptivity to the comforting silence of the forest and an intense relationship with nature. Daniel bears his disappointed hopes and the humiliations of his emotionally stunted fellow human beings with stoicism, as if to avoid becoming like them, even if that means surrendering to the brute force of nature.

Keywords

  • Alina Yklymova
  • Award Winning
  • Made in Germany
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Storyline: Sons
  • Coming of Age
  • conflict
  • dark
  • dysfunctional family
  • psychology
  • small town
  • teen

Actors

  • Malte Oskar Frank
  • Erik Cordes
  • Paul Wollin
  • Ben Felipe
  • Trixi Strobel
  • Susanne Bredehöft

Director

  • Constantin Hatz

Drama


2h 28min


12 FSK

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Germany
2023
Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.

Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.


In a secluded village, beyond temporal and geographical location, lives 14-year-old Daniel. The life of this gentle and tolerant teen, who wants to please everyone, is marked by violence and emotional coldness. He sacrifices himself for his family, tries to please his violent big brother, and devotedly cares for his terminally ill father, who longs for his own end but does not dare to end his life himself. In the forest, Daniel meets Marcel, an outcast who has returned to the village after many years and ekes out a living by fighting dogs. The two are united by their receptivity to the comforting silence of the forest and an intense relationship with nature.


Daniel bears his disappointed hopes and the humiliations of his emotionally stunted fellow human beings with stoicism, as if to avoid becoming like them, even if that means surrendering to the brute force of nature.

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