16-year old Jan is absent-mindedly strolling through the streets when he's run over by roller-skating Nina. As fast as she has stormed into his life, however, she rushes off again. Nina is 15 years old and full of crazy ideas. She lives together with her brother, her father and his new girlfriend. Her mother isn't in touch much. That's why there is the unconventional Angel whose own daughter disappeared years ago and who is Nina's best friend and substitute mother.
Acting
Rogall and Mewes capture excruciating teen authenticity.
Writing
Getto's script treats teen sexuality with rare messiness.
Direction
Getto's female gaze reframes the coming-of-age male gaze.
Director
Almut Getto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few early-2000s German films addressing teen sexuality and AIDS anxiety post-1990s consciousness shift.
Title's German 'Tun Fische das?' translates literally but also slang for 'do they do it'—the film's entire tension.
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