Me boss, you sneaker
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| Original title | Me boss, you sneaker |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 95 minutes |
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| Director | Hussi Kutlucan |
| script | Hussi Kutlucan |
| production | Margarita Voskanjan |
| music | Erci Ergün |
| camera | Lars Barthel |
| cut |
Patricia Rommel Catherine Steghens |
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Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh is a German television film by the Turkish-born German filmmaker Hussi Kutlucan from 1998, which was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize . The film deals with the subject of asylum in a predominantly humorous way .
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The plot revolves around the Armenian asylum seeker Dudie (Hussi Kutlucan). He is stuck with his girlfriend Nani ( Özay Fecht ) and a group of other refugees on a container ship in the port of Hamburg, a collection point for asylum seekers from all over the world. After Nani appears to have married a German electrician in order to escape the confines of the ship and the deportation, the abandoned man flees to Berlin with forged papers and settles in a shabby dump (this is where he meets Nina, who in turn is ready to see Dudie get married - but only for 15,000 marks, which of course it is impossible to raise) and begins to work for little money on a large construction site at the Reichstag. The harassment of his superiors and colleagues - the Berlin Turks who work with him most emphatically demand that foreigners like him be kicked out - as well as the exploitation by the employer make Dudie strive more and more to marry a German woman. Unfortunately, he initially chooses the ex-wife of his boss ( Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp ). When his wages fail, Dudie organizes a strike, which finally brings him friends on the construction site, but from now on he has to flee from the police.
Since Nina has actually fallen in love with the illegally living in Germany and the refugee has also proven to be a loyal father substitute for Nina's son Leo ( Jules Gund ), the happy ending could still be perfect if Nina were not stabbed by her ex. Now without a place to stay, Dudie struggles with Leo, who understandably refuses to go to a home, penniless through the urban world of Berlin. In order to remedy the housing problem, the Armenian was finally inspired by methods of foreign neppers, known to him from the Berlin Yellow Press: He dyed Leo's hair black and made himself with the "son", henceforth called Hassan, on his arm and with a fake letter from the Kreuzberg district office in hand once again using the authority of the Germans by introducing himself to an elderly lady as "person to be accommodated"; if they violated the law, the 80-year-old would be taken to an old people's home. After living with Dudie for a while, the old lady has taken Dudie and Hassan so deeply into her heart that she definitely doesn't want to give them up anymore. But a suspicious, jealous friend of the Germans blows up Dudie and the cheerful, friendly bon vivant is ultimately deported to Armenia - together with the German child.
Awards / impact
- The film received three Grimme Awards in 2000 for its book, directing and leading actor (all Hussi Kutlucan).
- For the Max Ophüls Prize was Me Boss, You Sneakers 1999 nominated but came up empty.
Reviews
“The story could be that of a documentary about asylum seekers in Germany (...) with a few caveats. It was as good as material for a tragedy as it was for a comedy, it could be used for a melodrama or a mere farce. Kutlucan's film has a bit of everything, and that's where its weakness lies: Sometimes it makes you laugh, sometimes you cry, sometimes serious and dramatic, sometimes just silly and rambling, sometimes touching and sometimes sentimental. "
“Hussi Kutlucan's film has speed and ease. He juggles carefree with style elements. Suddenly he turns comedy into tragedy, scratches satire, becomes grotesque and sentimental. "
"The Turks are coming ... And they give German film exactly what we have been screaming for for years: real types, real stories and new forms ..."
Web links
- Me Boss, You Sneakers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Me boss, you sneaker at crew united