This Ain't California (2012)

This Ain’t California: Directed by Marten Persiel. With David Nathan, Anneke Schwabe, Bill Clinton, Zaneta Fuchsová. This Ain’t California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of three teenagers and their passionate love for a sport on the crumbling tarmac of the streets in the German Democratic Republic, which was considered very ill-fitting. The punk fairy tale is a story of the subversive powers of fun in that part of Germany, which had lost touch with its citizens. The film follows its three heroes from their childhood in the seventies through their teenage rebellion in the eighties, ending in the last summer of their life in the German Democratic Republic in 1989, when their life changed forever, and follows them to 2011.

“Like the last guy said, u0026quot;it started out good.u0026quot; To finish that statement: after the clever first episode, itu0026#39;s a steep decline downhill. This is supposed to be some kind of action-romance-comedy hybrid, and in trying, strikes out with one swing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAction? Every sound effect is muffled, every fight scene weak. Itu0026#39;s not much fun watching Moldiver clean everyoneu0026#39;s clock, partly because itu0026#39;s not done with much style and partly cuz there donu0026#39;t seem to be any laws of physics. Romance? Unconvincing — sheu0026#39;s just chasing some guy weu0026#39;ve learned nothing about. Comedy? Didnu0026#39;t laugh once.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, what was the plot?”