Completed - GERMAN - Romance - 90 minutes
Hungary 1988 – The ‘Winds of Change’ are about to rise when the 17 year old twins Doreen and Isabell from Eastern Germany arrive in a summer training camp.
Year of production : 2011 Director(s) : Robert THALHEIM Writer(s) : Ilja HALLER, Susann SCHIMK Cast : Friederike BECHT, Luise HEYER, Franz DINDA, Volker BRUCH Producer(s) : Susanne SCHIMK (credo:film GmbH), Jörg TRENTMANN (credo:film GmbH), Judit STATLER (Laokoonfilm Budapest)
Doreen und Isabel are 17-year-old twins from rural Saxony in East Germany. The two are successful oarswomen practicing hard to be accepted at a renowned boarding school for athletes. In 1988, a year before the Berlin Wall came down, they have the chance to spend the summer at Lake Balaton in the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. Already on their way to the young pioneer camp, the twins meet a group of guys from the West German city of Hamburg. Doreen falls in love with Arne. For the first time the sisters don´t share everything and need to take the most momentous decision of their lives.
Country(ies) : GERMANY, HUNGARY Start of shooting : May 2010