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Somewhere in Tonga
Somewhere in Tonga

Somewhere in Tonga

Genres

Drama

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There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

23 November 2017

Country

Germany

Cast

Sascha Alexander Geršak

Sascha Alexander Geršak

Wolski

Luis Pintsch

Luis Pintsch

Marcel

Tevita Fukufuka

Tevita Fukufuka

Tevita

Lolohea Lin

Lolohea Lin

Hea

Bruno Banani

Bruno Banani

Lole

Wolfgang S. Zechmayer

Wolfgang S. Zechmayer

Jo

Mira Partecke

Mira Partecke

Frau Passow

Abbas Piu

Abbas Piu

Abbas

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