Chiko wants to make it all the way up to the top. He and his best friend, Tibet, think that money, power and respect is all that counts for two young guys of Turkish background in the suburban ghettos of Hamburg.
Chiko uses his ruthless wits to catch the attention of Brownie, the drug lord who controls everything the two friends dream of. Chiko fights for Brownie’s trust and respect and eventually becomes Brownie’s right hand in the local drug underworld. But when Tibet crosses violent Brownie, Chiko finds himself in a dangerous situation. Everything he has risked his life for is at stake: his reputation, his status, and his friendship with Tibet.
Chiko / DENIS MOSCHITTO /// Tibet / VOLKAN ÖZCAN /// Brownie / MORITZ BLEIBTREU /// Meryem / REYHAN S¸AHIN /// Curly / FAHRI OGÜN YARDIM /// Tibet’s mother / LILAY HUSER /// Scholle / PHILIPP BALTUS /// Sascha / HANS LÖW /// Tonton / LUCAS GREGOROWICZ
Director /
Özgür Yildirim ///
Scriptwriter /
Özgür Yildirim ///
Producers /
Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck,
Andreas Thiel ///
Cinematographer /
Matthias Bolliger ///
Editor /
Sebastian Thümler ///
Production Designer /
Iris Trescher ///
A production of /
corazón international ///
In co-production with /
NDR (Jeanette Würl) ///
With support from /
Nordmedia,
Filmförderung Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein, FFA,
DFFF, Kuratorium Junger
Deutscher Film
FORMAT
35mm blow-up / 1:1,85 /
Colour / Dolby Digital
Surround EX /
LENGTH
92 min. /
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
German, Turkish /
SUBTITLES
English
Özgür Yildirim, born 1979 in Hamburg, published his first book already at the age of
14, a collection of short stories (Grey Nights). Between 2002 and 2004 he studied Film
at the Hamburg Media School. His short film ALIM MARKET (2004) was featured at
several film festivals and was nominated for the Short Tiger Award at the Munich
International Film Festival.FILMOGRAPHY: 2007 CHIKO // 2004 ALIM MARKET (short) // 2003 LIEBE AUF TÜRKISCH – LOVE IN TURKISH (short) // 2002 DER NÖTIGE SCHNEID – UNDER THE KNIFE (short) // 1999 DON JUAN DE TÜRKO (short) // 1998 HARTES BLUT – HARD BLOOD
