- Director: Edward Berger
- Screenplay: Edward Berger & Nele Mueller-Stöfen
- Cinematography: Jens Harant
- Editing: Janina Herhoffer
- Cast: Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Vincent Redetzki, Jacob Matschenz
- Producer: Jan Krüger & René Römert
- Production: Port-Au-Prince Film & Kultur Produktion
- Distributor: Camino Filmverleih
- Contact: Kamran Sardar Khan,
- Festivals: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
- Homepage: www.jack-film.de
Edward Berger
Born 1970, lives in Berlin since 1997. In 1994 he completed his studies of film directing at NYU in New York. He gained first experiences at the American independent production company Good Machine with films by Ang Lee and Todd Haynes amongst others. Gomez was his first feature film, where he also wrote the script. In 2012 he received the Grimme Award for Ein guter Sommer. Since several years he has been working together with Nele Mueller-Stöfen.
Filmografie
2013 Jack
2012 Mutter muss weg
2011 Ein guter Sommer
2010 Aquarius
2008 KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst, Fernsehserie
2007 Windland
2006 Das letzte Rennen
2004 Willkommen im Club
2003 Schwestern
2002 Asyl
2001 Kinder der Hölle
2000 Frau2 sucht Happyend
1998 Gomez
German with English subtitles
Jack is ten years old and hasn’t been long in foster care. It’s summer. He’s looking forward to the holidays. But on the last day of school, no one picks him up. His mother Sanna (26) calls to console him with vague promises. Back in foster care in a fight that erupts Jack hurts his roommate. Frightened of the consequences, he runs back home seeking protection with his mother. But no one opens the door. So Jack picks up his six-year-old brother from a friend’s house, and together they start the search for their missing mother. Over the next few days, they roam the city - following trails, looking for clues. And no one seems to notice that they are all alone...
Edward Berger’s sensitive portrait confides in its protagonist a lot, exploring the depths of human freedom. Immersing into the child’s perspective the adults‘ sphere becomes an often incomprehensable hedonist parallel world.
Q&A with director Edward Berger after the film.