Too Far Away

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sarah Winkenstette

Writers

Susanne Finken

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

30 May 2019

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Yoran Leicher

  Ben Lübertz

• 

  Sobhi Awad

  Tariq Sabia

• 

  Anna König

  Nane Lübertz

• 

  Andreas Nickl

  Sven Lübertz

• Julia Hirt

  Isa Lübertz

• 

  Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow

  Trainer Niederkirchbach

• 

  Anna Böttcher

  Frau Pawletta

• Ben Nicolas Behrend

  Luca

• Fritz Joachim

  Elton

• Bibo Thabit

  Erec

• Lapo Schleifer

  Linus

• Sophia Gobrecht

  Emily