Ghetto
Awards
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1997) – Winner: International Independent Award: Best Documentary
Documentary meets Art House meets home video in this hard-hitting, hyper-real ride through the lives of eight Swiss teenagers as they face the challenge of entering life-after-school. With a “mother-fucker” and a roll of the eyes they take us on a breakbeat journey through their classroom, bedrooms, nightclubs, their secrets, their telephone conversations, their politics. Imbach’s camera goes in close to find the fear, the beauty, of what it means to be a teenager.
The film has six chapters—Ghetto, Auto, Sex, Drugs, Techno, Marroni—each of which spins on real-life dialogue to create two hours of incredible directness that will glue you to the screen. Ghetto is a brilliantly paced, fascinating film that avoids flashy stereotypes in favour of emphatic relationships with its almost-adult subjects. Highly entertaining.
Guests
Director: Thomas Imbach
Film Stills
Trailer
Previous Festivals
Mannheim-Heidelberg Int’l FF, Germany (1997)
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