Little boy

A film by James Benning. Stzarts July 9th at the fsk. In English with German subtitles.

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‘A film that looks back at the past to warn of the future, from the per­spec­ti­ve of a litt­le boy.’ – James Benning

‘Little Boy’ – that was the name the Americans gave to the Hiroshima ato­mic bomb. But litt­le boys also play with toys such as the model kits that play a cen­tral role in Benning’s film. For the dura­ti­on of each pop song – which comm­ents on the film’s the­mes – dif­fe­rent hands paint the model parts, fol­lo­wed by a shot of the finis­hed model: pre­do­mi­nant­ly small indus­tri­al buil­dings, who­se com­pa­ny signs refer to US defence con­trac­tors. Political spee­ches are also heard; among other things, they deal with rear­ma­ment, envi­ron­men­tal des­truc­tion and the nuclear arse­nal. “It’s late,” sings Ricky Nelson. Benning hopes, more cle­ar­ly than ever befo­re, that it is not yet too late.”
(Lars Penning)

Credits:

US 2025, 74 mins, English with German sub­tit­les
Directed by James Benning
star­ring Johnan Jahromi, Alessandro Streccioni, Yusef Ferguson, Yuan Gao, Nelson De Los Santos, Calum Walter, Nathan Meier, James Benning

Trailer:

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