Short Sharp Shock (1998)

Original title

Kurz und schmerzlos

Directed by

Fatih Akin

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This German drama follows three young friends from different ethnic backgrounds living in Hamburg. They deal with personal conflicts and the pressures of their surroundings as they try to find their place in society.

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What happens

Short Sharp Shock (German: Kurz und schmerzlos) is a 1998 film directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akın. The film, which according to Rekin Teksoy, writing in Turkish Cinema, "focuses on the identity crises faced by German youth from various ethnic backgrounds," was the feature debut of the German-born director of Turkish descent and is said to have "represented a new German-Turkish cinema." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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