''Jargo'' is a 2004 coming of age film about a young man who experiences culture shock from moving from

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. The film premiered at the

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and won two awards at the

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. It was directed by Maria Solrun.

Plot

The film is about a young man, Jargo (Constantin von Jascheroff), who is of

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descent but has resided in

with his parents. After his father (Udo Kier) commits suicide, Jargo and his mother move to

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. Jargo experiences culture shock, as he is alienated from German culture. He meets a similar aged companion, Kamil (Oktay Özdemir), a working-class youth of Turkish origin. Kamil is a petty criminal, who attracts Jargo, upon whom he comes to have a significant influence. Kamil is passionately in love with his substance-abusive girlfriend, played by Nora Waldstätten, whose fickleness and instability eventually lead to a crisis between Jargo and Kamil.

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