What if losing your virginity was the easy part — and everything after was the mess?
This teenage drama deals with the emotional chaos of a high school graduate at the beginning of a new period of his life. 19-year-old Daniel is frustrated: he wants his great love Luca to be the "first" woman in his life, but she seems to be unreachable, so he is still a virgin. During his community service as a male nurse, his boss Anna falls in love with him and they finally have sex. Suddenly Luca is interested in Daniel...
Acting
Brühl's pre-fame vulnerability — all stammering charm and raw embarrassment.
Direction
Wuppertal's industrial gloom becomes a character in itself.
Director
Benjamin Quabeck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Daniel Brühl's first leading role after 'Good Bye, Lenin!' made him a star — he took it precisely because it was small and sexually awkward, rejecting leading-man polish.
Zivildienst (civil service) was mandatory for German men who objected to military service until 2011, making Daniel's nursing job a specifically millennial German experience now vanished.
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