Young Light

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Young Light (2016)

Directed by Adolf Winkelmann

Drama · 2h 02m

Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Adolf Winkelmann
Screenplay
Adolf Winkelmann, Till Beckmann, Nils Beckmann
Novel
Ralf Rothmann
Director of Photography
David Slama
Editor
Rudi Heinen
Producer
Greta Gilles

Details

Original title
Junges Licht
Release date
2016-05-12
Runtime
2h 02m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
Adolf Winkelmann Filmproduktion, FFP New Media, ZDF