Cracks in the concrete

Movie
Original title	Cracks in the concrete
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	2014
length	104 minutes
Age rating	JMK 14
Rod
Director	Umut Dağ
script	Umut Dağ Petra Ladinigg
production	Veit Heiduschka Michael Katz
music	Iva Zabkar
camera	Georg Geutebrueck
cut	Claudia Linzer
occupation
Murathan Muslu : Ertan Alechan Tagaev : Mikail Erdem Türkoglu : Kemal Ivan Kriznjak : Dejan Shamil Iliskhanov : Murad Daniel Mijatovic : Danijel Magdalena Paulus : Daria Martina Spitzer : Andrea Elif Dag : Ertan's mother Stephanie Buddenbrock : Jenny Azad Azadpour as himself

Cracks in Concrete is the second feature film by Austrian director Umut Dağ from 2014, produced by Wega Film .

The cinema premiere took place on February 7, 2014 as part of the Berlinale 2014 in the Panorama section, under the English title Cracks in Concrete . The Turkish theatrical release was in August, the German-speaking one on September 19, 2014 in Austria.

action

After ten years in prison, Ertan returns home and faces closed doors. Mikail is fifteen, dropped out of school, is a dealer and wants to make quick money as a rapper. In the course of the plot it turns out that Ertan is the father of Mikail. Since he was already in serious problems at the time, his father promised to help him. It is also known, for example, that Ertan used to be the boss of the gang that Mikail now works for. Mikail has a girlfriend and is dying to get his rap album out. As a result, he misses a party and his girlfriend sleeps with his best friend. In a subsequent brawl in a park, Mikail injures him badly and believes he is dead. He calls his father, who orders him to go home and instead of Mikail turns himself in to the police. But only shortly afterwards, Mikail confesses to the investigator that he injured his best friend in the park. One learns that the injured person is now out of danger. The film ends openly.

Reviews

"With his second feature film" Cracks in Concrete ", Umut Dag delivers a powerful social drama that shows facets of Vienna that have never been seen on the screen"

- Köksal Baltaci : The bottom of the Viennese facts

“The great strength of Umut Dağ's intense rap melodrama lies in its almost documentary closeness to its protagonists. With a dynamic camera he follows the youngsters through the clubs, to rap concerts or just home. In particular, the outstanding Murathan Muslu as Ertan relativizes the son's tough pose with the nuances of his facial expression "

- Alexandra Seibel : The dream of a gangsta rapper on the hard streets of Vienna

“Dag's film is not just another lament that follows magazine articles that often state that there is no way out. The tone of voice is mangy, values ​​such as "honor" and "masculinity" count more than education or equality, and brutality is omnipresent. "

- Simon Hadler : Dialogues as aggro rap

Festivals

Murathan Muslu (l.), Awarded the Austrian Film Prize 2015 for his performance , with director Umut Dağ

• Germany: Berlinale 2014, world premiere in the Panorama section
• Germany: Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , main prize Der Fliegende Ochse and Best Actor (Murathan Muslu)
• Israel: Jerusalem Film Festival , July 14, 2014

Web links

• Cracks in the concrete in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• NDR Nordmagazin , report of the award ceremony at the 2014 Filmkunstfest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Age rating for cracks in concrete . Youth Media Commission .
2. ^ Die Presse , September 19, 2014
3. ^ Courier, September 19, 2014
4. ↑ ORF , September 19, 2014