I belong to him
| Movie | |
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| Original title | I belong to him |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thomas punch |
| script | Angela Gilges , Ruth Olshan |
| production | The first |
| music | Maciej Śledziecki , Marion Wörle |
| camera | Olaf Hirschberg |
| cut | Guido Krajewski |
| occupation | |
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I belong to him is a German television film from 2017. It addresses forced prostitution using the loverboy method .
action
15-year-old Caro lives with her parents and her little sister in a middle-class family in a single-family house. Caro falls in love with 19-year-old Cem. He drives an expensive sports car and gives her expensive gifts. Cem first plays the great love for Caro and appears to have a relationship with her. He calls Caro princess and utters sayings like “Your eyes, the madness” and “He fell in love like never before. She is his one and only, he wants to share his life with her. ”He even buys an apartment for him and her.
Immediately after having sex with Cem for the first time, two of Cem's friends rape Caro. After this rape, Cem assured Caro that this would never happen again.
Cem suggests lack of money. As a "proof of love" he demands that Caro prostitute himself in order to get money. Caro now goes to school during the day and on the streets in the afternoon. In the evening she is home on time for dinner. At first she serves clients in an apartment and later she is on the street. She has to do what the clients want, whether anal intercourse or at the same time with two men. If Caro refuses, Cem uses flattery, blackmail, drugs and beatings to ensure that Caro continues to buy. Cem uses words like “I don't really want that. I love you. "
The parents do not notice anything at first. When they happen to meet Cem, they even find him likeable. Caro begins to change. She changes her style of clothing, starts smoking and drinking. Caro is increasingly isolated from family and friends.
On the street, she is accidentally recognized by her sports teacher, Mr. Yildirim. He speaks to Caro about the matter and offers his help. Caro does not accept the offer of help. Yildirim is threatened by Cem shortly afterwards and beaten up to keep him silent. Yildirim is being cared for by Caro's mother in the hospital and is silent about the reason for his injury.
When Caro finds another girl in the shared apartment to whom Cem tells exactly the same sayings as "Your eyes, the madness" etc., she is horrified. She just wants to leave and blames Cem. She is now raped again by Cem's friends. After that she is locked up. When she apparently gives in and is ready to hit the streets again, she can escape. She returns home. But she does not report Cem to the police. Even a police advisor cannot change Caro's mind. Even a police officer at the office who was a suitor signals to her to keep quiet.
When Caro goes to training for the school's basketball team, some girls whisper conspicuously. Caro asks her best friend if she has told others something. The friend says that she only told one friend about it. Caro runs out of the gym in horror.
The desperate parents want to admit their daughter to a psychiatric hospital to protect her from Cem. But Caro doesn't want to be locked away. She secretly escapes from her room and gets into Cem's car at the end of the film.
performance
The film premiered on June 27, 2017 at the Munich Film Festival . On August 30th, it was broadcast on Das Erste in the series FilmWittwoch im Erste on the theme evening "Unscrupulous Loverboys". Then the documentary In love, seduced, sold on the topic was broadcast.
criticism
“By emphasizing the cruelty of the dependency games and the desolation of child prostitution in the picture and avoiding any Lolita touch, director Durchschlag gives voyeur (ism) no chance. At the same time, however, the whole brutality is expressed. "
The Frankfurter Neue Presse headlined "I belong to him": The best TV film of the year!
"A story like a punch in the pit of the stomach: Caro falls in love with a boy who manipulates her coldly and sends her on the line."
On Oddsmeter.de , the film was rated as great with 88% and as a shame with 12%.
“It makes it possible to understand the danger we are dealing with here, with a spreading, inhuman, criminal phenomenon that is difficult to deal with. A first requirement is to draw attention to what “loverboys” are, what they do and how they do it. One should show "I belong to him" in schools, and the following documentation "In love, seduced, sold" by Diana Ahrabian too. "
Others
In the ARD media library, the film was only accessible from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. because it was only suitable for people over the age of 12.
Web links
- I belong to him in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I belong to him at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ I belong to him at tittelbach.tv
- ↑ "I belong to him": The best TV movie of the year! ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Frankfurter Neue Presse from August 31, 2017
- ↑ "I belong to him" at Odds Meter
- ↑ He sold her life to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from August 30, 2017
