Leroy

Leroy (16) is an Afro-German boy who, not only notoriously unlucky, must also battle with an identity crisis born of the fact that he is both a highly cultured, well-mannered German AND black, thus belonging to two minorities. Leroy has a girlfriend, Eva, whose brothers happen to be Neo-Nazi skinheads, Leroy's natural enemies. After some time, and against all odds, Leroy and Eva's brothers have managed to become friends, and one day they ask Leroy to join them, afro and all. Leroy declines and sets off on a long walk through Berlin with his Greek friend Dimitrios. Whilst distributing supermarket leaflets across a dirty, overcrowded city pulsing to a 70s soul-groove, Leroy and "Dimmi" discuss the sorer spots of the German condition human: white foreigners and black Germans, the problem Germans have saying the word "Jew", colored people on tanning beds and Hitler's plan to convert the colors of all German traffic lights to black, red and gold. When Leroy and Dimmi almost get beaten up by hostile skinheads, Eva bravely saves the day and then it dawns on Leroy how he can eradicate fascism from its very core.

Grosses

Germany
$290,381
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorX Verleih AG
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Release DateSep 27, 2007
Running Time1 hr 29 min
GenresComedy Drama Romance
In Release96 days/13 weeks
Widest Release100 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Oct 4-728$26,085-100-$260$218,0142
Oct 11-1436$10,560-59.5%64-36$165$241,5333
Oct 18-2149$7,109-32.7%37-27$192$255,5444
Oct 25-2857$2,589-63.6%21-16$123$260,3475
Nov 1-459$2,715+4.9%20-1$135$269,1696
Nov 8-1151$5,946+119%14-6$424$276,5457
Nov 15-1859$4,266-28.3%13-1$328$287,6048
Nov 22-2576$2,323-45.5%11-2$211$295,0499
Nov 29-Dec 275$2,266-2.5%7-4$323$290,38110