Morris from America

Morris from America (2016)

Nothing rhymes with Germany

13-year-old Morris Gentry has just relocated with his single father, Curtis to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.

Date of release
2016-08-19
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (120)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Chad Hartigan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award; Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic

Morris from America is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Chad Hartigan, produced by Martin Heisler, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski, and Gabriele Simon, and starring Craig Robinson, Markees Christmas, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, and Jakub Gierszał. The film follows a 13-year-old American boy who dreams of becoming a rapper in an EDM-dominated Germany.

Production

In July 2015, it was announced that Chad Hartigan would be directing a film from a screenplay he wrote. It was also announced that Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, and Markees Christmas, Lina Keller, Jakub Gierszal, Eva Löbau and Levin Henning had all been cast in the film, with Christmas portraying the role of an American boy moving to Germany, with Robinson portraying his father, and Juri portraying the role of his tutor.

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