Though the premise suggests a typical raunchy teen comedy — or a vintage gay-porn loop — promising young German writer-director Marco Kreuzpaintner's unassuming effort is in fact an observant and sensitively played drama about adolescent sexuality, unrequited love and heartbreak. Both Tobi (Robert Stadlober), the star and coxswain of the Bavarian Starnberg Rowing Club's boys' team, and his best friend Achim (Kostia Ullmann) are looking forward to a week in the country at a summer rowing camp, and both hope to win the first-place Amateur Rowing Championship trophy, for which they'll be competing against a rival Prussian team. But while Achim can't wait to se...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
98 mins