Films by Andres Rump

Germany 2016, 88 min
by Andres Rump

DISTANT SONS shows the story of six adolescent refugees, who have begun a new life in Germany. Separated from their families and driven away from their countries by hardship and violence, they were housed as 'orphans' in youth centres after their arrival in Aachen, Germany. They are drifters betweenthe worlds: on the one hand there is their childhood memories and their traumatic escape – on the other their dreams of a future life in Germany. The movie accompanies its protagonists through their e