Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to return one day with an all-gay team that will grind the heteros into the dust, so he sets off to find his “dream team.” With the help of his nurse sister, Ecki scours local gay bars and eventually assembles a hilariously motley but endearing crew of misfits that includes a leather-daddy threesome, a femme Turk with Beckham fantasies, a secret straight guy in love with the sister, and a seriously cute nurse eager for some private play-time with the goalie. Ecki now has two problems – turning this bunch into a team, and facing his own fears regarding his first romance.
Acting
Maximilian Brückner's puppy-dog goalie energy is devastatingly endearing
Costume
The team's DIY rainbow uniforms deserve their own pride parade float
Writing
Somehow makes 'secret straight guy' subplot actually sweet not gross
Director
Sherry Hormann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Germany's first mainstream gay sports comedies, hitting theaters two years before 'Another Gay Movie' tried the same in the US.
Director Sherry Hormann specifically cast actual amateur footballers for several roles to avoid laughable sports sequences — the training montages still look chaotic though.
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