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Janosch runs away from home. Just turned 17, he leaves his girlfriend, Mama and the beautiful Lake of Constance, drives off to Koma in Dortmund. Koma is a labourer in a brewery, father-to-be, kickboxer and skinhead. Janosch is fascinated. He soon becomes one of Koma's admirers. It's not long before his hair is also shorter and he has a pretty girlfriend and a tattoo - just like Koma. And he can soon strike out like Koma as well. The only problem is that he picks the wrong one: a punk at the artificial lake. When Koma's second home, a disused stone mill, burns down shortly after, Koma is sure about one thing: that was the friends of the punk from the lake. Now Janosch has to swear revenge as well. But everything turns out differently: instead of going all out for revenge Janosch sleeps with the supposed culprit, with Koma a witness to the wild night of passion. Koma's revenge will now be quite different.
Directors Dominik Reding, Benjamin Reding
Screenplay Dominik Reding, Benjamin Reding
Cinematography Axel Henschel
Margot Neubert-Maric
Cast Sascha Backhaus, Simon Goertz, Sandra Borgmann, Jens Veith
Producers Dominik Reding, Benjamin Reding
Production Company Schlammtaucher Film, Berlin, in co-production with WDR, SWR
Runtime 90 min
Format 35 mm, b&w
Language German
Subtitled Version English
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Festivals Outfest Hollywood Los Angeles 99, Max Ophuels-Festival, Saarbruecken 99, Schwerin 99, Sao Paulo 99, Stockholm 99, Montreal 99, Sundance 2000, Rotterdam 2000
With backing from Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Film Buero NW, Kulturelle Filmfoerderung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
