The Woddafucka Thing

When Afro-Berlin djane Sweety (Dela Dabulamanzi) is commissioned by a powerful boss to handle a lucrative deal, her petty criminal career finally seems to be taking off. But that very evening, when she is robbed of all her loot, Sweety’s vision of a comfortable life turns into a nightmare: Boss gives her one week to repay her debt.

Her last hope is the Italian Gino (Carlo Loiudice) and his German half-brother Ninja (Marc Philipps). The two unsuccessful karate instructors offer Sweety the opportunity to pull off a big coup together. This could save Sweety’s life and at the same time help Gino and Ninja to pay the rising rent on the run-down karate studio. Or even buy it and finally escape the pressure of the nastiest real estate sharks in town. The unconventional preparations for the big heist get underway. From now on, Sweety, Gino and Ninja embark on the biggest and most dangerous adventure of their lives.

Dela DABULAMANZI
Carlo LOIUDICE
Marc PHILIPPS
Emilio DE MARCHI
Cem Sultan UNGAN
Daniel STEINER
Sithembile MENCK
Robert KOVACIC
Edie SAMLAND
Gerd CONRADT
Jasmin MEHLING
Joachim Paul ASSBOECK
Sabine MÜLLER
Klaus ESCHEN

Screenplay & director
Gianluca VALLERO

Camera
Francisco DOMINGUEZ

Editing
Andreas ZITZMAN

Sound
Achim BURKHART ,Artem FUNK

Sound Design
Christoph ENGELKE

Foley Artist
Jonas VICENT

Re-recording
Christian RIEGEL

Costume design
Julia SCHELL

Makeup
Isuzu SEKIGUCHI, Alexandre DA COSTA BARBOSA

Colorist & Titles
Manfred RITTWEILER

VFX
Aldo MONTESANO

Graphic Design
Fabio BIASIO

Music
Fab BEAT, Funky FELLA

Executive Producer
Gianluca VALLERO

Coproduction
Label Noir, Shoot‘N‘Post

Production
Finimondo Productions

Distributor
Sabcat Media

Deutscher Schauspielpreis – Nominierung Dela Dabulamanzi (Sweety) 2024

Special Mention – Best European Independent Film – Catania Film Fest (CFF) 2023

Official Selection – Ariano International Film Festival (AIFF) 2023

Best Comedy – Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival (MIIFF) 2023

Honorable Mention – Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF) 2023

Best German-language film – Filmfest Bremen 2023

»“The Woddafucka Thing is a delightfully quirky comedy.” – radioeins

“Gianluca Vallero captures the spirit of this city beautifully.” – tip Berlin

“Told with refreshing eccentricity, The Woddafucka Thing delivers a tale of crime and romance.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung

“This is the kind of cinema heavily subsidised films in Germany often fail to achieve: a film that was filmed in razor-sharp black and white and created over six years without public funding.” –taz

“A deliciously offbeat comedy — socially grounded and gloriously unfiltered.” – taxidrivers.it

“The Woddafucka Thing is Berlin today.” – Il Mitte

“That “The Woddafucka Thing” was made largely outside Germany’s typical funding system makes this raw Berlin adventure even more compelling.” – programmkino.de

“A gangster ballad from Berlin, this absurd ode to life as a permanent construction site is Gianluca Vallero’s gift to chaos.” – Kino-Zeit

“Despite its many references, “The Woddafucka Thing” has a unique style: cool but not try-hard, funny but not dumb, entertaining but not shallow, original but never over the top. In short: a one-of-a-kind in the German film landscape.” – Filmdienst

“This is proof that even with mainly unknown actors and a small budget, you can make a coherent and striking film. Hats off!” – nochnfilm.de

“Weird, breezy, cult-worthy!” – spielfilm.de

“In a landscape of increasingly uniform German cinema, this idiosyncratic gangster film is a breath of fresh air.” – film-rezensionen.de

“A wild, cool gangster story from Berlin — made in Germany, without the cringe. “The Woddafucka Thing” shows how it’s done.” – Blogpod