Kroko (2003)

Sie ist das blonde Gift der Hinterhöfe, die Femme Fatale der Weddinger Seitenstraße. Coolness hängt schwer auf ihren Augenlidern. Man könnte es für Langeweile halten - wenn da nicht der harte Umgangston wäre und ihre Bereitschaft, Widersacher eiskalt aus dem Weg zu räumen. Ähnlich rabiat verschafft sich Kroko auch ihre Unterhaltung. Bei einer ihrer führerscheinfreien Spritztouren gibt es einen Unfall. Ein Gericht verdonnert sie zum Sozialdienst in einer Behinderten-WG, was sie als Zumutung empfindet. Doch die "Normalos", mit denen sie lebt, sind auch nicht so toll, und es scheint so, als würde Kroko bei den "Spastis" etwas finden, was sie in ihrem Alltag entbehrt.

16 years old Julia calls herself Kroko and plays the role of a tough and ruthless girly gang leader in Berlin-Wedding, home of the losers within the German capital. She dominates her surrounding with her hyper- coolness and her attractiveness. Her life is made up of hanging around with her gang, visiting the local clubs and discotheques, occasional robberies, and a big deal of boredom. At home, she terrorizes her mother with ignorance, who desparately tries to get through her live of alcoholism and the obligations of a mother of 2 children - Kroko and her little sister Cora. One night, she and her gang capture a car, drive through the town – but then she runs over a man who suddenly crosses the street. She is caught and the judge sentences her to 60 hours work in a social service where disabled persons are cared for. Instead of showing some repentance of what she's done, Kroko is indignant of having to get in touch with cripples and spastics. During the first phase of her punishment, she is aggressive, insulting the disabled, refusing to do any kind of work at the station. But after a while things slightly begin to change. Kroko experiences that her gang won't be of any help for her to cope with the problems she has, and even her boy-friend finally gets fed up with her ugly mixture of arrogance and helplessness, coolness and immaturity. Finding herself pretty much alone, she carefully opens herself for the people at the social service station.

Director: Sylke Enders
Stars: Franziska Jünger, Alexander Lange and Hinnerk Schönemann

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