Jargo
{{Infobox film
| name = Jargo
| image = Jargo.jpg
| director = Maria Solrun
| producer = Katrin Schlösser
Frank Löprich
| writer = Maria Solrun
| starring = Constantin von Jascheroff
Oktay Özdemir
Nora Waldstätten
Udo Kier
Josefine Preuß
Yunus Emre Budak
| music = Henning Rabe
Christine Aufderhaar
| cinematography = Birgit Guðjónsdóttir
| editing = Uta Schmidt
| distributor = Picture This! Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2004}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Iceland
Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Jargo is a 2004 coming of age film about a young man who experiences culture shock from moving from Saudi Arabia to Germany. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won two awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival. It was directed by Maria Solrun.
Plot
The film is about a young man, Jargo (Constantin von Jascheroff), who is of German descent but has resided in Saudi Arabia with his parents. After his father (Udo Kier) commits suicide, Jargo and his mother move to Berlin. Jargo experiences culture shock, as he is alienated from German culture. He meets a similar aged companion, Kamil (Oktay Özdemir), a working-class youth of Turkish origin. Kamil is a petty criminal, who attracts Jargo, upon whom he comes to have a significant influence. Kamil is passionately in love with his substance-abusive girlfriend, played by Nora Waldstätten, whose fickleness and instability eventually lead to a crisis between Jargo and Kamil.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0432906|title=Jargo}}
- [https://archive.today/20130211122343/http://www.oefilm.de/film_kurz.php?film_id=111 Official Website of the production company]
- [http://www.daserste.de/debut/film_dyn~id,q2hnlanmca9a16xl~a,y~cm.asp Official Website of debut]
- [http://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/2004/02_programm_2004/02_Filmdatenblatt_2004_20040660.php Official Website of the Berlin International Film Festival]
Category:2000s coming-of-age drama films
Category:Films directed by Maria Solrun
Category:German coming-of-age drama films
Category:2000s German-language films
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