Too Far Away

Too Far Away

86 mins | Family | May 30, 2019

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.

Too Far Away

86 mins | Family | May 30, 2019

Too Far Away
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Weydemann Bros., Orange Roughy Filmproduktion
Original title Zu weit weg
Directors Sarah Winkenstette
Writers Susanne Finken

Cast

Yoran Leicher

as Ben

Sobhi Awad

as Tariq

Anna König

as Nane Lübertz

Andreas Nickl

as Sven

Anna Böttcher

as Frau Pawletta

Petra Nadolny

as Direktorin Melanie

Tobias Schäfer

as Felix

Julia Schmitt

as Frau Loer

Bilal Bahadir

as Security