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This ain't California

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: IN 3750Language: German Subtitle language: German | English | French | Spanish | Portuguese | Italian Publication details: Deutschland : Goethe-Institut e.V, 2012.; Wildfremd ProductionDescription: Colour, 96min 12cm, 1xDVDSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • DF2012/07
Summary: Berlin 2011 : Zum Begraebnis von Denis ,,Panik" Paracek treffen sich alte Freunde aus vergangenen DDR-Zeiten wieder und erinnern sich : Skateboards waren ihre grosse Leidenschaft .In vielen kleinen Episoden und in kraftvollen Bildern werden die achtziger Jahre beschworen ,in denen die Skater lange zeit Aussenseiter waren. Heiter ,aufsaessig und weit weg vom Staat und seinen Produktionsplaenen stand das Rollbrettfahren fuer ein Lebensgefuehl ,das nicht zum Sozialismus passte - und trotzdem mitten im Zentrum der Haupstadt ,direkt am Alexanderplatz ,seine Buehne hatte . THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA eraehlt diese Geschichte formal als Dokumentarfilm ,integriert aber zahlreiche inszenierte und fiktionale ElementeSummary: [EN]This Ain't California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of three teenagers and their passionate love for a sport on the crumbling tarmac of the streets in the German Democratic Republic, which was considered very ill-fitting. The punk fairy tale is a story of the subversive powers of fun in that part of Germany, which had lost touch with its citizens. The film follows its three heroes from their childhood in the seventies through their teenage rebellion in the eighties, ending in the last summer of their life in the German Democratic Republic in 1989, when their life changed forever, and follows them to 2011.
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Berlin 2011 : Zum Begraebnis von Denis ,,Panik" Paracek treffen sich alte Freunde aus vergangenen DDR-Zeiten wieder und erinnern sich : Skateboards waren ihre grosse Leidenschaft .In vielen kleinen Episoden und in kraftvollen Bildern werden die achtziger Jahre beschworen ,in denen die Skater lange zeit Aussenseiter waren. Heiter ,aufsaessig und weit weg vom Staat und seinen Produktionsplaenen stand das Rollbrettfahren fuer ein Lebensgefuehl ,das nicht zum Sozialismus passte - und trotzdem mitten im Zentrum der Haupstadt ,direkt am Alexanderplatz ,seine Buehne hatte . THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA eraehlt diese Geschichte formal als Dokumentarfilm ,integriert aber zahlreiche inszenierte und fiktionale Elemente

[EN]This Ain't California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of three teenagers and their passionate love for a sport on the crumbling tarmac of the streets in the German Democratic Republic, which was considered very ill-fitting. The punk fairy tale is a story of the subversive powers of fun in that part of Germany, which had lost touch with its citizens. The film follows its three heroes from their childhood in the seventies through their teenage rebellion in the eighties, ending in the last summer of their life in the German Democratic Republic in 1989, when their life changed forever, and follows them to 2011.

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