Fatih Akin - Kurz und schmerzlos /Short Sharp Shock (1998)

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Short Sharp Shock This film shows the life and fate of three young foreigners - Turk Gabriel, Greek Costa and Serb Bobby, all of them dreaming of love and money in the bleak surroundings of social welfare, crimes, industry, unemployment and cultural minorities. Of course it won’t take long until the friendship of the three outsiders is about to break apart when Gabriel becomes a henchman for a local gangster boss, and a journey through violence and despair begins for all three of them…






Kurz und schmerzlos means as much as “quickly and smoothly” and is a German underground drama by young Turkish film maker Fatih Akin. It was shot in the suburbs and industrial area of Hamburg, Akin’s home town.
The film shows the life and fate of three young foreigners - Turk Gabriel, Greek Costa and Serb Bobby, all of them dreaming of love and money in the bleak surroundings of social welfare, crimes, industry, unemployment and cultural minorities. Of course it won’t take long until the friendship of the three outsiders is about to break apart when Gabriel becomes a henchman for a local gangster boss, and a journey through violence and despair begins for all three of them…






Corto y con filo Crecieron juntos y se hicieron amigos en Hamburgo. Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtulus) es turco; Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanovic) es serbio, y Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) es griego. Hasta hace poco, formaban una pandilla de pequeños delincuentes que se sentían como príncipes en Altona, el distrito donde vivían. No obstante, una condena de prisión hace cambiar a Gabriel, que desea madurar, pero sus amigos le estorban. Bobby sueña con hacer carrera en la mafia e intenta hacer negocios con Muhammer, el poco escrupuloso jefe de una mafia albanesa. Costa sigue robando coches, además de recuperarse de su ruptura con Ceyda, la hermana de Gabriel.




English subs are my own.


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