The Limits of Patience
Official Selection - World Competition - World Film Festival Montreal
Dedicated judge Corinna Kleist goes against the grain to get juvenile delinquents to walk the line in her Berlin ghetto. She takes a special interest in 14-year-old Rafiq. But how long can she hold out against the pressure from colleagues and criminals?
Juvenile judge Corinna Kleist is not one to leave her work at the
office, especially since one of her delinquents jumped out of a window
after her sentencing. After her sabbatical to recover from the tragic
suicide, Corinna volunteers in Berlin's ghetto of Neukölln, trying to
really help her charges rather than just follow the rules, watching one
problem-family kid after another turn into full-grown criminals. In one
case she takes very personally, she confronts 21-year-old repeat
offender Nazir, head of a Lebanese clan that rules the drug trade in
Berlin's Hasenheide quarter. She tries to help his younger brother
Rafiq, who will be 14 soon and thus subject to juvenile court. She turns
the scrawny kid into her own personal crusade. As far as Corinna is
concerned, the kid needs a firm hand and tough love if he's going to
learn to fly straight. But Corinna Kleist soon has almost everybody
against her, triggering a deluge of violence?
Awards
Adolf-Grimme-Institut (2014)
Adolf-Grimme-Preis
nominated Drama Series ()
Key Information
| Original Title | Das Ende der Geduld |
| Genre |
Fiction/Drama |
| Produced by: | Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion and Christian Wagner Film for BR, NDR |
| Year Of Production | 2014 |
| Duration | 01h30h00h00 min |
| Country Of Origin | Germany |
| Language Versions | German [OV], English [SUB TITLE], French [SUB TITLE] |
Cast & Crew
| Director/s | Christian Wagner |
| Cast | Martina Gedeck Jörg Hartmann Sascha Alexander Ger¨ak Sesede Terziyan Mohamed Issa Hassan Issa a. o. |
| Producer/s | |
| Writer/s | Stefan Dähnert |