2006 · drama · thriller
Tough Enough
Directed by Detlev Buck1h 38m2006
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
Our read: Tough Enough (2006) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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