# System Crasher (2019)

> A volatile nine-year-old’s desperate search for home collides with the child-protection system that cannot contain her.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/396317

## Facts

- Runtime: 118 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister, Maryam Zaree, Melanie Straub, Matthias Brenner, Teddy Teclebrhan
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8535968/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: harrowing, kinetic, raw, serious film night, social issues discussion

## Synopsis

A wild child battles the system in her quest for home and belonging.

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