Same Same but different
A film by Detlev Buck
2009 - Germany - Drama / Romance
Locarno 2009 - Variety Piazza Grande Award
Toronto 2009 - Contemporary World Cinema
SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT is the unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student travelling to Cambodia on a post graduation summer trip. When Ben returns home to Germany he discovers that Sreyko is sick and he takes on the responsibility to save her. On the way he discovers a world where not everyone is dealt the same cards and where motivations are not always pure. Based on the true story of Benjamin Prüfer and Sreykeo SoRvan.
Ben David Kross
Sreykeo Apinya Sakuljaroensuk
ProducerClaus Boje
ScreenplayRuth Toma
Based on the autobiographical report byBenjamin Prüfer
CinematographyJana Marsik
EditingDirk Grau
Format 35mm - 1.85
Length 107 min