When your secret boyfriend and your hooligan gang collide, which fire burns hotter?
Maik is a hooligan and is part of the “Hools on Fire”. His older sister Alex, who is with the leader of the group, Schulz, has great hopes in him and already sees him, as her friend intended, at the leader’s side. Maik, on the other hand, is just in love with Andrej. The two men have a secret love affair and have so far not known anything about the other’s life. Maik begins to doubt his life plan so far and is no longer sure whether he wants to remain a hool. Alex notices that her brother is pulling away and is trying hard to keep him with him.
Acting
Kamitz captures quiet desperation in explosive spaces.
Direction
Ribeiro packs a feature's worth of tension into 15 minutes.
Director
Lucy Ribeiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
German hooligan culture remains deeply homophobic; this short's existence is itself a provocation. Ribeiro filmed with actual hooligan firms for authenticity.
The title 'Remus' references the abandoned twin — Maik's other self he's been forced to leave behind.
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