Somewhere in Tonga

Somewhere in Tonga

98 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 2017

There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.

Somewhere in Tonga

98 mins | Drama | Nov. 23, 2017

Somewhere in Tonga
There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Zero One Film
Original title Somewhere in Tonga
Directors Florian Schewe
Writers Sarah Schill, Florian Schewe

Cast

Luis Pintsch

as Marcel

Tevita Fukufuka

as Tevita

Lolohea Lin

as Hea

Bruno Banani

as Lole

Mira Partecke

as Frau Passow

Abbas Piu

as Abbas