Thing I Don't Get
Torn between town and country, between best friend and older brother, between present and tradition, the farmer's boy Johannes is longing for recognition and adventure. The first kiss, the first drunk…
Thing I Don't Get
Torn between town and country, between best friend and older brother, between present and tradition, the farmer's boy Johannes is longing for recognition and adventure. The first kiss, the first drunkenness and the first problems. Johannes (15) is on the threshold of adulthood. He increasingly feels the strong gap between childhood and adulthood and the differences between the city and his home, the farm. The economic situation endangers the existence of the small family business. With the impending sale, the loss of Johannes's homeland also becomes present. But instead of dealing with it, Johannes roams the city on his bicycle, skipping school and emulating his older brother. He gets carried away by vandalism at night and his lack of attitude leads more and more to a gap between him and his best friend and first love Marike. —Paula Cvjetkovic
Thing I Don't Get
Drama
Film Details
Torn between town and country, between best friend and older brother, between present and tradition, the farmer's boy Johannes is longing for recognition and adventure. The first kiss, the first drunkenness and the first problems. Johannes (15) is on the threshold of adulthood.
He increasingly feels the strong gap between childhood and adulthood and the differences between the city and his home, the farm. The economic situation endangers the existence of the small family business. With the impending sale, the loss of Johannes's homeland also becomes present.
But instead of dealing with it, Johannes roams the city on his bicycle, skipping school and emulating his older brother. He gets carried away by vandalism at night and his lack of attitude leads more and more to a gap between him and his best friend and first love Marike. —Paula Cvjetkovic.