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Time You Change

Time You Change (Zeiten ändern dich)

Movie · 2010 · 4 people

Originally titled Zeiten ändern dich (Les temps te changent in France), the German biographical drama Time You Change was made in 2010. It is based on the 2008 autobiography of Bushido, one of Germany's best-known rappers (real name Anis Ferchichi), and follows his life in Berlin and the road that led him into music. Uli Edel directed it and Constantin Film produced it. It premiered in Germany in Berlin on 3 February 2010.

Bernd Eichinger wrote the screenplay, inspired by Bushido's book, and Bushido is credited among the writers. Most of the shoot took place in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, so the story plays out in its real setting. Bushido appears in the cast himself, alongside Elyas M'Barek and Moritz Bleibtreu. Numan Acar, Demir Gökgöl and Mehmet Bozdoğan are also in the cast. The cast further includes Hannelore Elsner, Katja Flint, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Mehdi Nebbou, Mina Tander, Karoline Schuch, Fler, Kay One, David Scheller and Werner Daehn.

The film, classed as a drama, is in German with some Polish dialogue and runs about 94 minutes. Music is a central part of it: Bushido's ninth solo album, which shares the film's title, also serves as its soundtrack.

DirectorUli Edel
Production companyConstantin Film

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Demir Gökgöl Demir Gökgöl Actor · died at 74 Mehmet Bozdoğan Mehmet Bozdoğan Actor · 49 years old Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu Film actor · 55 years old Numan Acar Numan Acar Film actor · 52 years old

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Directed by Uli Edel and written by Bernd Eichinger from Bushido's 2008 autobiography, the film promises a strong team on paper. Shooting in Kreuzberg, the story's real setting, gives the images a convincing texture. The core problem lies in the source, though: with the subject both in the cast and among the credited writers, the biopic drifts towards a portrait without critical distance. Music's central role is underlined by Bushido's album of the same name doubling as the soundtrack, and at times the film feels like an extended promotional piece. Names such as Moritz Bleibtreu and Elyas M'Barek give scenes weight, but in roughly ninety-four minutes the character's inner life never gets deep enough.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

A rapper bringing his own life to the screen in a film that shares its title with his ninth solo album says something in itself about celebrity culture at the start of the 2010s. The film tells of Bushido's life in Berlin and his road into music, shot in Kreuzberg, where the story really took place, and that choice turns the district from backdrop into part of the story. Polish lines mixing in with the German dialogue add a sense of a multilingual city. Yet because the narrative stays so close to its hero's own view, the social background can only be seen through his eyes, and the picture comes out one-sided.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Rap may sound distant to an ear raised on the classics, yet the story of someone finding their own way through music is something every generation can understand. Drawing on Bushido's autobiography, the film follows him through the streets of Berlin and puts the music at the centre of the story. Seasoned names such as Hannelore Elsner and Uwe Ochsenknecht in the cast are reassuring too. Still, to a viewer unfamiliar with this music's rhythm, the film's world may seem to lean more on style than on feeling, and connecting with the character takes some effort.

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