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Young Light (2016)

Original title: Junges Licht

2016-05-12 · 2h 2m · DE
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Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.

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Adolf WinkelmannDirector

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Charly HübnerCharly HübnerWaller CollienOscar BroseOscar BroseJulian CollienPeter LohmeyerPeter LohmeyerKonrad GornyNina PetriNina PetriEdeltraud GornyStephan KampwirthStephan KampwirthHerbert LippekLudger PistorLudger PistorPfarrer StürwaldCaroline PetersCaroline PetersFrau MorianPatrick JoswigPatrick JoswigOnkel JuppGreta Sophie SchmidtGreta Sophie SchmidtMarushaLina BeckmannLina BeckmannLiesel CollienMagdalena MatzMagdalena MatzSophie CollienAndreas BeckAndreas BeckLehrer Stoitzner

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference380065Actor preference63683 · 456425 · 175314Country preferenceDeDecade preference2010

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What is Young Light about?

Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.

How long is Young Light?

Young Light has a runtime of 122 minutes.