Somewhere in Tonga
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-11-23
Runtime: 98 mins
Director: Florian Schewe
Writer: Florian Schewe, Sarah Schill
Spoken language: Deutsch, English,
Genres: Drama
Original title: Somewhere in Tonga
Production Companies: ZDF, Zero One Film, ARTE
Production Countries: Germany
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