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A 9-year-old's untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.

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While it may test viewers' patience, System Crasher is a thoughtful and compassionate portrait of one child's trauma and anger, featuring an enigmatic Helena Zengel in the lead role.

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System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Danny Leigh Financial Times Punkishly propulsive... a portrait of a child in the grip of a troubled psyche. Rated: 4/5 Apr 8, 2020 Full Review System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Kevin Maher Times (UK) I saw this German language film at the Berlin Film Festival last year and I didn't like it. Lots of people did. So I watched it again recently. Still didn't like it. Rated: 2/5 Apr 1, 2020 Full Review System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review You absolutely do understand the world of the central character. A really powerful piece of cinema. Mar 30, 2020 Full Review System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Maria Lattila The Digital Fix System Crasher (Systemsprenger) is without a doubt a challenging watch, one that tests your ability to project empathy towards someone who in real life would definitely spurn it. Rated: 7/10 Aug 10, 2021 Full Review System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Milana Vujkov Lola On Film A punk rock salute to the painful roots of the antisocial impulse. Rated: 5/5 Jul 31, 2021 Full Review System Crasher | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Tom Beasley VultureHound The nuance of the performances allows us to read between the lines and see the stark, sad reality of what isn't being said. Rated: 4/5 Aug 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Benni is a 9 year old kid. She freaks out frequently, hurt kids at her school, curse at them and is quite a handful for everyone involved. Her mother can't take real care of her and the system really don't know what to do. We follow her at different fascilities and how she bonds with people that treats her bad, nice and everyone that let her down.A very, very relevant and strong movie. As I work with kids myself I know of these kind of kids. This portays the reality very good, even if it's a bit extremes and a few turns get really out of hand. The development is nice and two hours never seem long. Amazing acting from our young protagonist while others also delivers impressively on screen. Few known names, a solid production but most importantly a much needed and interesting film that gives us the difficult and big matter of children that crash systems ment to favour kids.8.5 out of 10 owls. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favourite films of all time, from the acting that Helena Zengel does. Her performance in this is utterly brilliant. A must watch. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A really sad movie, you will keep rooting for this little girl to find some solution to her ordeal until the end! The performance of Helena Zengel is superb, a rising star! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nora Fingscheidt Director Helena Zengel Benni Albrecht Schuch Micha Gabriela Maria Schmeide Frau Bafané, Jugendamtmitarbeiterin Lisa Hagmeister Mutter Melanie Straub Dr. Schönemann
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Synopsis A 9-year-old's untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.

Director
Nora Fingscheidt

Producer
Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob Weydemann

Screenwriter
Nora Fingscheidt

Production Co
Weydemann Bros., Kineo Filmproduktion

Genre
Drama

Original Language
German

Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 21, 2020

Runtime
1h 50m
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