Info
Synopsis
Cast
Awards
Genre
- Drama / Comedy
Countries of Production
- Germany / Czech Republic / France
Language
- German / Czech
World premiere
- 19th September 2008 – San Sebastián IFF
German cinema release
- 27th August 2009
a production by
- Pallas Film, Negativ Film Productions, Why Not Productions
with the support of
- MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Czech Film Fund, Eurimages, MEDIA, i2i Audivisuel
World Sales
- The Wild Bunch
Distribution
- Neue Visionen
A gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 17-year old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other’s uncertainties, hopes… a longing for love.
When the teacher’s ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay.
And that the teacher harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman and her son to breaking point.
Teacher
- Pavel Liska
Marie
- Zuzana Bydzovská
Boy
- Ladislav Sedivý
Friend
- Marek Daniel
Beruska
- Tereza Vorísková
School principal
- Cyril Drozda
Wife of the School principal
- Marie Ludvíková
Mother
- Zuzana Kronerová
Father
- Miroslav Krobot
Written by
- Bohdan Sláma
Directed by
- Bohdan Sláma
Producers
- Thanassis Karathanos, Karl Baumgartner, Pavel Strnad, Petr Oukropec, Pascal Caucheteux
Director of photography
- Divis Marek
Editor
- Jan Danhel
Set design
- Vaclav Novak
Sound
- Michal Micek
Mix
- Stephan Konken, Jan Cenek
Line Producer
- Pavel Cechák
- 65th Venice IFF
- Toronto IFF
- Reykjavik IFF
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
- Eurasia Film Festival
- Cottbus IFF
- Thessaloniki IFF
- 20th Stockholm IFF
- Tallinn Black Nights FF
- IFF Rotterdam
- Queer Cinema Award / Reykjavik IFF
- Audience Award / Cottbus IFF
- Best Actress (Zuzana Bydzovská) / Zcech Lion
- Best Screenplay / Czech Lion
- Best Actress (Zuzana Bydzovská) / Stockholm IFF
- Best Cinematography (Divis Marek) / Stockholm IFF
- Special Jury Award (Bohdan Sláma) / Milan Int. Lesbian and Gay FFF
