17-year-old Rauli is an outsider at school until his music teacher Robert Beck discovers his extraordinary talent. Rauli is not only a gifted singer but also an exceptional guitarist. Beck decides to mentor him and help launch his career. At the same time, he pursues his own hidden agenda. Once a promising musician himself, he now hopes for a comeback in the music business. But Rauli also carries secrets of his own.
Around them are Lena, a young waitress torn between her feelings for Beck and her struggle for independence, and Anna Lind, the class beauty admired by both teachers and pupils. Rauli’s past remains mysterious, while Beck relies only on his friend Charlie, a charismatic African-German philosopher. Each of them is searching for direction, and their journeys take unexpected turns.
Director
Frieder Wittich
Version
OV: German
Subtitles: EnglishProduced by
Uli Putz | Jakob Claussen
(Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH)Screenplay
Oliver Ziegenbalg | Frieder Wittich
DOP
Christian Rein
Cast
Christian Ulmen | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | Eugene Boateng | Friederike Becht | Fabian Hinrichs
Genre
Comedy | Drama
Running Time
95 min.
Release
July 23, 2015
Festivals
Filmfest Munich 2015 | Zurich Film Festival 2015 | Cleveland International Film Festival 2016 | Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2016 | Goethe-Institut London
Year
2015
Status
completed
credits not contractual


