SAMI, JOE AND I

SAMI, JOE AND I

Sami, Joe und Ich. Switzerland 2020. Director: Karin Heberlein. Screenplay: Karin Heberlein. 94 Min. Fiction. Language: Swiss German, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, German. Subtitles: English. OV w/Eng. sub (Kino), OV w/sub (online). Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 15.

It is sup­po­sed to be the sum­mer of their lives. 16-year-olds Sami, Joe and Leyla are inse­pa­ra­ble. They dream of free­dom, par­ties and their future after gra­dua­ti­on. But rea­li­ty cat­ches up with them. Sami suf­fers from her strict par­ents, Joe needs to take con­stant care of her siblings and Leyla ner­vous­ly starts her app­ren­ti­ce­ship as a chef. And when a trau­ma­tic expe­ri­ence befalls Joe her fri­ends are bad­ly nee­ded. Post-migrant Zurich is the show­place of this ener­ge­tic film, which brings the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal world of ado­le­s­cence to the point. At the end of this cra­zy rol­ler­co­as­ter ride they need to ask them­sel­ves: Will their dreams with­stand reality?

MO, 4.10. | 7:30 p.m. | DFF Cinema

Extras und Mitmischen!

LUCAS im Kino

Film talks

LUCAS im Kino

Educational material

Filmografie

2021 ICH BIN TED | 2020 SAMI, JOE UND ICH | 2017 THE BARREL

Biografie

After being born in Basle and rai­sed in Zurich, Karin Heberlein moved to London to stu­dy acting at the Central School of Speech & Drama. After a fur­ther trai­ning in the filed of direc­ting she has been working as a direc­tor and aut­hor sin­ce 2013. SAMI, JOE UND ICH is her first fea­ture film.

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