Favoriten (2024)

Name: Favoriten
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-03-10T21:05:32+01:00
Rating: 3.85

Documentary | 118 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 118 minuten

Country: Austria

Directed by: Ruth Beckermann

IMDb score: 7,6 (319)

Releasedate: 16 February 2024

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Favoriten plot

Favoriten is one of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Vienna and the starting point for Ruth Beckermann's latest documentary, in which she follows a class of students aged seven to ten. Their ambitious teacher, Ilkay, is determined to create an inclusive, supportive and safe environment for the children. The majority of children do not speak German at home, some families are scarred by war and face discrimination. Despite the limited resources of the education system, Ilkay gently guides her class through daily ups and downs.

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mrklm

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10 March 2025 at 21:05

From group 3 to the final stretch of group 5, Beckermann follows the adventures of a group of children in a school in Vienna, most of whom do not have German as their mother tongue. The group leader during this period is Ilkay Idiskut in his thirties, who himself has a Turkish background. A compilation of highs and lows that is inevitably episodic and tells only a small part of the whole story. The directness and honesty of the children is often disarming and it is certainly entertaining, but it is not very coherent.