Meine Freiheit, Deine Freiheit...

preselected for LOLA 2013

As the only female extreme delinquent in Berlin, the most serious category of juvenile offenders within the local youth prison regime, Kübra has been plagued and hated since the age of 14. But in reality she just longs to be an ordinary girl, a girl that someone will care of and hold in their arms. She will take us on a journey into her past, to a place where she has grown up and knows like no other: the women’s prison in Berlin where she has served for almost four and a half years. When Kübra was detained for the first time she met a young woman from Ethiopia, Salema, whose life story, over the course of this film is closely linked with that of Kübra’s. During their time together in prison, the two get to know a most unusual prison director, Matthias Blümel. Kübra's relationship with the prison director goes beyond the prison walls; an extraordinary relationship between two people who come from opposing sides of our society. With Blümel’s unconventional views on prison methods, and Kübra and Salema’s unusual intelligence, outrageous views on life and sweeping humour - this film takes us on a touching yet deeply disturbing journey.