Section: Children's Film

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Fortune favors the Brave

Norbert Lechner
Germany, 2016, 95 Min

Adulthood and friendship: When Linh's mother has to head to Vietnam, the eleven-year-old is required to temporarily care for her little sister, as well as take responsibility for her mother's stall. No one is to find out however, least not the Social Welfare Department, and yet neighbouring child Pauline somehow catches wind of the situation.

G-rated

©Kevin Lee Film/Meike Birck

A creation of the Der besondere Kinderfilm (The Special Children's Film) initiative, this film is a charming, witty tale of two girls who become friends despite their many differences. For her age Linh is remarkably mature and responsible, not least due to her upbringing. Pauline, on the other hand, is rather cheeky and regards any tasks involving responsibility as the domain of her parents. She soon finds herself making clumsy attempts to blackmail the two sisters, though she's in fact only trying to make friends: Pauline also doesn't have the easiest of lives, teased as she is at school due to her ginger hair.

FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE broaches important issues such as early adultification, a norm in many cultures, as well as the integration of migrants and the problem of bullying at school. AB

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Antonia Rothe-Liermann, Katrin Milhahn
Kamera
Namche Okon
Ton
Clemens Becker
Schnitt
Manuela Kempf, Laura Heine
Ausstattung
Nadine Schmidt
Musik
Martin Unterberger
Darsteller
Lynn Dortschack, Lisa Bahati Wihstutz, Linda Phuong Anh Dang, Andreas Schmidt, Lena Stolze, Y Nhung Dinh, Chieu Xuan Nguyen Thi
Produzent
Norbert Lechner
Produktion
KEVIN LEE Film GmbH
Co-Produktion
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, KIKA
Kontakt
Weltkino Filmverleih GmbH
Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 6
04107 Leipzig
Germany
+49.34.12.13.39.45 6
www.weltkino.de
Norbert Lechner

Norbert Lechner - born in 1961 in Munich, Germany. Works as an author, director and producer. Founder of the film studio KEVIN LEE Film GmbH. His children’s movies TONI GOLDWASCHER and TOM UND HACKE won numerous awards. Since 2010 he is a board member of the „Förderverein deutscher Kinderfilm e.V.“ (the support association for German children’s film).

Movies
BAUCHWUNDE (1985, short)
WOUNDED FACES (1991)
DIE SCHARFEN VERFÜHRER (1996, doc)
TONI GOLDWASCHER (2007)
TOM UND HACKE (2012)
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