Directed by:
Thorsten M. SchmidtCinematography:
Hannes HubachCast:
Julia Koschitz, Jonas Nay, Uwe Preuss, Johannes Allmayer, Florian Anderer, Hermann Beyer, Alexander Held, Thure Lindhardt, Nina Petri, Henny Reents (more)Plots(1)
At the end of summer in a sleepy Baltic fishing town, a powerful illicit love takes root: Just before school starts again, 18-year-old Christian, a sea quarryman's son, falls in love with his new English teacher Stella Petersen. They develop a mutual attraction which overpowers them both in its intensity. But while Christian starts making plans for their future together, Stella starts to withdraw again. Dealing with the painful experience of having lost her, Christian looks back on his first great love – a love consisting of a few fleeting moments that will shape his life forever. (HBO Europe)
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So this older, but still attractive teacher has an affair with a young student and then seems surprised that the young guy’s world starts crumbling apart. I find that really fascinating. It’s not only the guy who is naïve, it’s mainly the teacher who goes all in. In the first half of the film, the plot seems a bit embarrassing and I couldn’t really understand the emotions that kept changing like on a wooden rollercoaster. On top of that, the Germans presented those emotions in a rather dry manner. But the ending brought the heat up and helped the film rise to the level of a decent average.
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