Drama

Systemsprenger

2019
★ 7.8 / 10
Benni, age 9, bounces among institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother--who cannot handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired, Benni sl...
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Reviews
★★★★★
This movie is so shocking realistic. I work with kids like Benni everyday. Watch it, it will be worth it. It makes you cry, you will feel the despair of the girl and the responsible adults. The acting of the girl is outstanding.
★★★★★
To me, this movie was comparable in some ways to "The Good Son" from the 1990's with Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood. The difference between Benni and Culkin's character though is that Benni does not act out just for the thrill of it or the purpose of acting e...
★★★★★
This movie was really impressive, especially considering that it is the director's first feature film. Helena Zengel, who plays Benni, is such an excellent actress and she can go very far as an actress if she continue in that way. Can't wait what she is doing...
★★★★★
I saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival. It was so real I had to remind myself it was a theatrical film, not a documentary, when it was over. It's raw and moving, flawlessly directed, edited and above all acted. Not easy to view but so well worth it. It's...
★★★★★
If this film is hard to stomach, or sit through, or you had to close your eyes and hold your ears through tough parts.....then this film succeeded in its main task of showcasing very real and difficult to treat psychiatric conditions. It can be a little rough...
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