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Crazy

Screening on Film
Directed by Hans Christian Schmid.
With Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling, Oona-Devi Liebich.
Germany, 2000, 35mm, color, 97 min.
German with English subtitles.

On his fifth attempt at boarding school, young Benni has one last chance to prove to his parents he can function in the academic world, and, most importantly, pass math. But Benni has other concerns; he is partially paralyzed and struggling with typical teenage issues—making friends, falling in love and having sex. When his mother decides to move him to yet another school, Benni must decide whether to make a stand for what truly matters to him. Based on an autobiographical novel by Benjamin Lebert, Crazy has earned Schmid great praise for its honest portrait of teenage life.

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