Hans-Christian Schmid directs this Bavarian coming-of-age film based on the 1999 autobiographical best-seller by 17-year-old Benjamin Lebert. Quiet, reticent Benni (Robert Stadlober), who has a bad hand and a slight limp, is shipped out by his parents to a boarding school up in Schloss as a last ditch effort to salvage his math grades. On his first day, he meets the lithesome Malen (Oona-Devi Liebich) for whom he develops a profound and sweaty crush. He also befriends Janosch (Tom Shilling) who, along with his buddies, is riding a major hormone high, fuelled by contraband beer and nudie magazines. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Cast
Tom Schilling
Julia Hummer
Dagmar Manzel
Credit
Ingrid Henn - Art Director, Nessie Nesslauer - Casting, Anke Winckler - Costume Designer, Hans-Christian Schmid - Director, Hansjoerg Weissbrich - Editor, Sonja Rom - Cinematographer, Jakob Claussen - Producer, Thomas Woebke - Producer, Marc Parisotto - Sound/Sound Designer, Michael Gutmann - Screenwriter, Hans-Christian Schmid - Screenwriter, Benjamin Lebert - Book Author
