System Crasher (2019)

02/25/2020 Any viewer with a heart will be drawn into this movie almost immediately. Their empathy and compassion for a broken and constantly abandoned 9 year old girl will make them her emotional victim as they are drawn further and further into her world of loss. Emersion into the storyline will have you wanting/hoping/needing to help this out-of-control, seemingly helpless beautiful child who has been abandoned, over and over by the adults in her short life, those who continually profess to love, protect and care for her. They fail miserably. You'll be drawn even deeper as it winds down to the point that you'll want to get in your car and bring her home so you can love and protect her and maybe? she can finally be happy and normal for once in her young short life? It's really heart breaking, terribly profound as you helplessly watch. This young actress ( Helena Zengel) is already exquisite in her craft of acting. This is not just a really great movie, it is "The Best Movie" that I have ever watched. So well done, that it plays more like a documentary than a film of fiction. If it doesn't tug hard at your heart strings, it's because there is nothing to grab hold of. Do NOT pass this wonderfully written, directed and acted movie by, it's a guaranteed rock solid gold winner. It's what we are always looking for and seldom find. Bon Appetit'

04/19/2020 ADDENDUM: Wiki Partial Movie Bio: Development: System Crasher is Nora Fingscheidt's first feature film as director and writer. Her attention was first drawn to the theme while filming the documentary Das Haus Neben den Gleisen (2014) with Simone Gaul, which depicts life in a refuge for homeless women in Stuttgart. Among the women Fingsheidt met there was a fourteen-year-old girl, who as a system crasher was no longer accepted by any institution in the youth welfare service. Fingscheidt wrote the screenplay after five years of research during which she lived or worked in residential groups, in a school for educational support, an emergency accommodation center and a child psychiatry unit. She talked to staff at institutions and agencies as well as child and youth psychologists. Fingscheidt says she made System Crasher to raise awareness of severely traumatized children like Benni. It was a conscious decision to choose a nine-year-old girl with no background of migration and before the onset of puberty as the central figure, even though the majority of system crashers are boys. It was so that she "could keep away from clichés and rash categorizations" like the pubescent rebellion of a fourteen-year-old and similar imputations of gender or ethnicity.

Fmovies: 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 been a week and I still think about it. I imagine it will be in indy theaters before long. If you get a chance and like truly unique films, go see it!

I'm glad I watched this movie in Hong Kong. It reminds me how I overcome my broken childhood by myself. Problem families should have more concerns and facilities for their children. Children will grow up happily and become strong adults. This's a lovely German movie. Thank you.

System Crasher fmovies. I saw the world premiere of this movie at the 69. Berlinale and I was really surprised about it. I'm so happy to see, that some rare German Directors can create much better stuff than the typical Till Schweiger comedy movies. This movie is totally different, very intensiv and emotional. I wished we will get more of this in the future.

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 to watch at times but also heart warming too so it won't be a total downer the entire time. If you find this film a worthy watch then check out 'Mommy' 2014 to see how this progresses. I rated this an 8, for good, but you'll have to see for yourself to be a fair judge.

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 next.