Shortly before her wedding, Sonja meets a photographer in the botanical garden. On a whim, she tells him the love story of her youth: in the summer of 1976, 12-year-old Sonja moves to the countryside with her family. Here she meets the boy next door, a quirky outsider who everyone just calls Boiler. Sonja and Boiler share the same passion: they want to be in the movies. A tender rapprochement begins. They soon plan a joint project, an "agent film", which they shoot in the nursery's greenhouse. Nevertheless, Sonja is unable to commit herself wholeheartedly to Boiler. She denies her friendship with Boiler in front of her clique. She betrays him again and again. Finally, Sonja instigates a dangerous test of courage in which Boiler puts his life at risk...
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Cast
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Pablo Ben-Yakov
Boiler, 13, (Hans-Jürgen)
Also in
Counterparts
Seven Days in Paradise
Stephanie Charlotta Koetz
Sonja (13 Jahre)
Also in
Schande
Netto
Karina Krawczyk
Sonja (33 Jahre)
Also in
The Polar Bear
Bang, Boom, Bang
Simon Schwarz
Hans-Jürgen
Known for
Woman of the Dead
Dampfnudelblues
Robert Stadlober
Ralle
Known for
Das Boot
Summer Storm
David Winter
Holger
Also in
Big Girls Don't Cry
The Black Arrow
Anna Justice Director · Sabine Brodersen Writer Roswitha Gnädig Editor
First release November 16, 2000 · Produced in Germany · Production ARTE, SWR/Arte
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SWR
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ARTE
Production
SWR/Arte
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 16, 2000
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