20 minutes that'll punch your heart and steal your afternoon.
Tom, 16, lives in a small town in Bavaria and is about to admit his homosexuality to society. Being mobbed and threatened in school and after some exiting experiences he overcomes his own barriers and makes his dream come true: getting into contact with others.
Acting
Dennis Prinz carries entire universes in nervous glances.
Direction
Matten makes 20 minutes feel like a lifetime lived.
Director
Sven J. Matten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for German youth education networks, then leaked beyond its intended classroom audience.
2005 Germany was debating civil unions while rural Bavaria remained deeply Catholic and conservative—Tom's reality was statistically typical.
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