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Jargo: Directed by Maria Solrun. With Constantin von Jascheroff, Oktay Özdemir, Nora Waldstätten, Udo Kier. After his father's suicide, 15-year-old Jargo is sent to Berlin from Saudi Arabia.
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- 2023-08-18
User Reviews. Maria Solrun has touched a nerve with the tale of a young boy's emigration from Saudi Arabia to the city of Berlin where global and social homogenization is in full force.
Feb 27, 2004 · German teenpic “Jargo” starts out as a classic fish-out-of-water story and slowly turns into a peculiar, fish-in-brackish-polluted-pond tale. Encompassing drugs, sex, racism and inner-city ...
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Jargo Reviews. A handsome boy on the brink of adulthood finds his quest to become a man leading him down a dangerous path in director Maria Solrun's dark coming-of-age tale. Jargo (Constantin...
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Recent reviews. Jargo is a German teen brought up in Saudi Arabia. Moving to Berlin, Jargo maintains his Arabian clothing until he encounters a similar aged German Turk Kamil and here begins his introduction into the world of juvenile cool (read delinquency).
