Martha & Tommy
Original title: Martha & Tommy
Alternative titles:
Martha und Tommy
Martha und Tommy
Drama – Germany
Production year: 2019
Movie length: 87 minutes
Production year: 2019
Movie length: 87 minutes
Director: Petra Katharina Wagner
Writer: Holger Karsten Schmidt
Cinematograph: Peter Polsak
Music: Helmut Zerlett
Writer: Holger Karsten Schmidt
Cinematograph: Peter Polsak
Music: Helmut Zerlett
Movie description:
Hamburg: Single Martha lovingly cares for the children in her neighborhood, supported by ex-boxer Max. One day, the withdrawn Tommy Skagen moves into Martha’s apartment block together with his eight-year-old brother Winnie. Tommy, who studies law at daytime, often disappears for nights on end, leaving his brother alone. Illegal mixed-martial-arts fights take place in the docks below St. Pauli. Here – for high stakes – fighters compete against each other without boxing gloves or head protection. Tommy is one of them. He loves the fight and he needs the money. But his double life visibly overwhelms him. When one day Viktor Skagen shows up to reclaim custody of Winnie, Martha begins to get actively involved. Cautiously, Martha and Tommy grow closer. Tommy begins to suspect that Martha also has a secret, which she carefully hides behind her equally impressive and friendly facade.
Martha may be retired, but that does not mean that the former surgeon can simply stand still. She caringly tutors the neighbors‘ kids – and when Tommy and his brother Winnie move into her building, she adopts them into her extended family. What turns out to be easy and welcome for the younger ofthe two who misses his late parents, becomes difficult with Tommy. While studying for the bar exam during the day, he spends his nights taking part in illegal mixed-martial-arts contests to make some money. There‘s also the fact that his and Winnie‘s father is not deceased, but in jail for killing their mother, and – having served his time – now wants full custody of his youngest son Winnie. But Martha has her own skeletons in her well-kept and seemingly orderly closet, with no interest of disclosing them...
A thrilling drama between classical music, mixed-martial-arts about a tender friendship with an outstanding Senta Berger and an impressive performance by newcomer Jonathan Berlin.
Martha may be retired, but that does not mean that the former surgeon can simply stand still. She caringly tutors the neighbors‘ kids – and when Tommy and his brother Winnie move into her building, she adopts them into her extended family. What turns out to be easy and welcome for the younger ofthe two who misses his late parents, becomes difficult with Tommy. While studying for the bar exam during the day, he spends his nights taking part in illegal mixed-martial-arts contests to make some money. There‘s also the fact that his and Winnie‘s father is not deceased, but in jail for killing their mother, and – having served his time – now wants full custody of his youngest son Winnie. But Martha has her own skeletons in her well-kept and seemingly orderly closet, with no interest of disclosing them...
A thrilling drama between classical music, mixed-martial-arts about a tender friendship with an outstanding Senta Berger and an impressive performance by newcomer Jonathan Berlin.
Boy Actors
Emile Chérif
(Winnie Skagen, 8 years old)
(Winnie Skagen, 8 years old)
Year of birth: 2009
Age of the actor:
approximately 10 years old
Age of the actor:
approximately 10 years old
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