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A Review of a Great Film, SYSTEM CRASHER

Writer and Director, Nora Fingscheidt and me... Los Angeles, CA- - Being a member of the Screen Actors Guild I am blessed to get to see a lot of films and meet the creative forces behind them. That’s exactly what happened tonight as I saw a German film, System Crasher .   It was a project dreamed up by a lovely young film student by the name of Nora Fingscheidt .   The film began seven years ago as a thought that has culminated in an Oscar competing film in the best foreign film category.  The entire cast was captivating.  The film stars nine-year-old, Helena Zengel as Benni , a young, somewhat abandoned child.  This child is under care of the government and they can hardly cope with her.  She’s a bright girl and is fiercely independent.  Benni's real problem is obvious she has been denied a two parent household and all of the love and attention that every child deserves. She’s considered a System Crasher.  Benni has somew...