| Same Same But Different | |
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| Directed by | Detlev Buck |
| Produced by | Claus Boje |
| Starring | David Kross Apinya Sakuljaroensuk Stefan Konarske Michael Ostrowski Wanda Badwall |
| Music by | Konstantin Gropper |
| Distributed by | Delphi Filmverleih |
| Release date(s) | 13 August 2009 (Locarno) 1 June Switzerland (21) Germany |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Same Same But Different is a 2009 German drama film starring David Kross and Apinya Sakuljaroensuk. It was directed by Detlev Buck.The script follows the Benjamin Prüfer's 2006 article which was published in a magazine[1] and later as a novel in 2007.
The title of Same Same But Different is indeed an Asian-English phrase, mainly used in all South East Asia, although the film is set in Cambodia.[2]
The film first premiered at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival on 13 August 2009.
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Benjamin (David Kross), a German high school student, is a backpacker on his first major tour. In a nightclub at Phnom Penh, he meets the young local, Sreykeo (played by Apinya Sakuljaroensuk), and he falls in love with her. Ben opts for this love, even though Sreykeo turns out to be HIV positive and seems to be a prostitute. It is based on the true history of Sreykeo Sorvan and Benjamin Prüfer.[3]
Same Same But Different was at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival[4] on 13 August 2009; and entered in the festival competition, the "Variety Piazza Grande Award ". This award is conferred by critics of the American magazine Variety (the entertainment industry, an industry newspaper) to films that they satisfy both through its artistic qualities as well as through their international evaluation opportunities.