Question d'estime

  • Question d'estime
Genre : Drama
Type : Telefilm
Original title : Herren
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Feature
Running time : 87 (in minutes)

Unemployed, a capoeira teacher accepts a position as protector of strange "historical monuments. The funny and touching story of three black people in Germany.

In Berlin, Ezequiel, a 45-year-old capoeira teacher, slams the door of the school where he works after the job of headmaster slips through his fingers. For this Afro-Brazilian without a diploma, the situation seems desperate. Reluctantly, he reluctantly accepts a job as a driver attached to the "protection of historical monuments". He soon meets his new colleagues, Reynaldo, an Afro-Cuban, and Jason, born in Berlin to a Ghanaian father. But what a disillusionment when he discovers that the work of this night brigade actually consists of criss-crossing the streets to clean public urinals dating back to the 19th century! While Ezequiel hides the truth from his family, his son tells him that he wants to work in a hairdressing salon rather than continue his studies. In the midst of a personal crisis, Ezequiel is confronted with racism in the streets and in the world of work, but also with his own conception of masculinity and dignity?

Invisible workers
With a light and melancholic musical theme and an appealing cast, this film full of humour and emotion, which won an award at the Biberacher Filmfestspielen 2019, highlights the invisible workers of German society.

(Herren) Telefilm by Dirk Kummer (Germany, 2019, 1h27mn, VF/VOSTF) - Screenplay: Stefanie Kremser - Starring : Tyron Ricketts (Ezequiel), Komi Mizrajim Togbonou (Reynaldo), Nyamandi Adrian (Jason), Dalila Abdallah (Marta), Pablo Grant (Stevie), Michael A. Grimm (Mr Moser) - Coproduction: BR, ARTE, Kineo Filmproduktion, Cinemanegro Filmproduktion

Summary for official catalogues

Au chômage, un professeur de capoeira accepte un poste de protecteur d'étranges "monuments historiques". L'histoire drôle et touchante de trois Noirs en Allemagne.

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