Tough Enough

A gritty, socially conscious portrait of adolescence trapped in poverty and gang violence, examining survival and moral compromise in a harsh urban environment.

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.