Sonne und Beton (Sun and Concrete)

(2023, 119m, DVD, German with English subtitles) Summer 2003. Amidst the oppressive heat, four teenage boys navigate the challenges of adolescence in a gritty, troubled neighborhood. When a fateful encounter with rival dealers leaves one of them owing 500 EUR in protection money, the boys hatch a risky plan: steal their school’s new computers and sell them. This will solve all their financial woes – or so they think. 

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This film is presented by the Germanic-American Institute, a German language and cultural non-profit located in St. Paul, MN with support from the Goethe Institute. For more information about language classes and other cultural programs, please visit gaimn.org.