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Eyckhoff (Verena Altenberger, r.) interviews a girl (Zoë Valks) about the murder: the mystery of youth
Photo: Hendrik Heiden / Hendrik Heiden / BR
The scenario:
Investigations between ice rink, parking deck and gas station.
After the buried and disfigured body of a 16-year-old was found, Bessie Eyckhoff (Verena Altenberger) asks around among the teenager friends.
But how do you communicate with kids who are ice skating, skateboarding and smoking joints in a parallel world?
Eyckhoff is not the only one looking for answers in young people's hotspots: the mother of a girl who has been missing for two years is also roaming the area.
The highlight:
Riddle youth: This "police call" does not pretend to be able to understand the kids immediately.
To do this, he follows them through their very own labyrinthine topography – in order to finally shed some light on the mystery of puberty.
The dialogue:
Information day at the Kripo - Eyckhoff answers questions from invited teenagers.
Student: "I wanted to ask why you chose this."
Inspector: "What do you mean exactly?"
Student: "Why do you want to spend all your time with criminals?"
Inspector: "Nice question. um Well, I would answer that for myself by saying that I actually spend more time with the victims, with the injured than with the perpetrators. The most important point of reference in my work are the relationships that people have with each other. I'm simply interested in the infinite number of different types of relationships that people have with each other.«
The picture:
A wall with dozens of photos of teenagers hanging on it.
In addition, yellow slips of paper stating who is meeting when and where with whom.
This is how the missing girl's mother tries to get an overview of the teen cosmos.
In vain, because this hidden object picture of adolescence initially provides little information about the "infinitely many different forms of relationships" that Eyckhoff spoke of earlier.
The song:
»What The Price« by Migos.
The tasty trap song runs in the empty parking garage where the skateboarders have set up their stoner and beer camp.
The rap trio's songs can be heard here several times, as well as those of Billie Eilish - what the youngsters listen to with their joints and pop star dreams.
The review:
8 out of 10 points.
Research in Teenage Wasteland, atmospherically consistent in sound and image and typeset.
The analysis:
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