He loses his job on a construction site, his daughter needs him – and all he has left is a spot at the fair. Between the boxing booth, cotton candy, and adrenaline rushes, Ringo gets one last chance: as a prize fighter named “Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo.” His new everyday life is loud, fast, dangerous – and an escape from responsibility. But he does it for his daughter Mia: a boat, a trip, a promise. He risks everything for it.

As in HEIKOS WELT, his acclaimed cinema debut, director Dominik Galizia once again focuses on outsiders: people from the Ruhr region who wear their hearts on their sleeves and yet are too often overlooked. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RINGO is a German boxing film set at a real fairground, told with power, empathy, and offbeat humor. Shot on 35mm film in the style of a spaghetti western, the film unfolds a world between hope and ruin.

The premiere at the Munich Film Festival in 2024 marked the next step in Galizia's signature style: another German arthouse drama, once again snotty, tragic, direct – and yet deeply human. Those who liked HEIKOS WELT will find the next chapter here: more punch, more pathos, more fairground. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RINGO is cult cinema from the Ruhr region – and a film about guilt, fathers, dreams, and the moment when everything is at stake.