Familiar Strangers (Vertraute Fremde)
Francaise title: Quartier Lointain
Spain title: Barrio lejano
Russian title: Далёкий квартал
Original title: Vertraute Fremde
Spain title: Barrio lejano
Russian title: Далёкий квартал
Original title: Vertraute Fremde
Drama – Luxembourg, France, Germany, Belgium
Production year: 2009
Movie length: 100 minutes
Production year: 2009
Movie length: 100 minutes
Director: Sam Garbarski
Movie description:
A grown man wakes up to discover he is a teenager again.
This adaptation of Taniguchi’s mid-life crisis manga looks like it follows the general gist of the original story. However, instead of a middle-aged Japanese salary man returning to his hometown and magically returning to his life as a 14-year old, »Vertraute Fremde« (Familiar Strangers) sets the action in a small town in the French mountains.
Another interesting difference between the original Japanese story and this German remake is how they’ve made Thomas, the middle-aged protagonist a cartoonist, not just a business man. Otherwise, fans of the manga will see much that they’ll recognize from Taniguchi’s original story, including Hiroshi / Thomas’ interactions with his dad, his visits to the neighborhood bar and his tentatively romantic interactions with the prettiest girl in school.
This adaptation of Taniguchi’s mid-life crisis manga looks like it follows the general gist of the original story. However, instead of a middle-aged Japanese salary man returning to his hometown and magically returning to his life as a 14-year old, »Vertraute Fremde« (Familiar Strangers) sets the action in a small town in the French mountains.
Another interesting difference between the original Japanese story and this German remake is how they’ve made Thomas, the middle-aged protagonist a cartoonist, not just a business man. Otherwise, fans of the manga will see much that they’ll recognize from Taniguchi’s original story, including Hiroshi / Thomas’ interactions with his dad, his visits to the neighborhood bar and his tentatively romantic interactions with the prettiest girl in school.
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