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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Children
Fortune Favors the Brave (2016)
Set is in the prefabricated apartment blocks of Halle-Neustadt, a young Vietnamese girl, Thuy Linh, is forced to assume responsibility for herself and her little sister much too soon. She has taken on board such German virtues as diligence, order and punctuality, as she knows that only with a good school-leaving certificate will she really have a chance to succeed in Germany. No one outside the Vietnamese community should be allowed to know that she and her sister have been left alone whilst her mother is in Vietnam. But her teacher, her recalcitrant little sister, and the youth welfare office in particular all threaten to bring down her construct of lies.
| Country | Germany |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 96 min |
| Rating | 8 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | English, simul. translation cz |
| Directed by | Norbert Lechner |
| Screenplay | Antonia Rothe-Liermann, Katrin Milhahn |
| Director of Photography | Namche Okon |
| Music | Martin Unterberger |
| Edited by | Manuela Kempf |
| Contact | Norbert Lechner |
Biography
Norbert Lechner (1961) is a German screenwriter, director and producer. He graduated in German, philosophy and art history. During his studies he founded the production company Kevin Lee, where he made his first feature film Wounded Faces (1991). He then worked as a screenwriter for radio and TV and worked on documentaries. His other feature films include Toni Goldwascher (2007) and Tom and Hacke (Tom und Hacke, 2012), made for child audiences.