GUYS AND BALLS
synopsis
The young provincial player Ecki is outed as homosexual, thrown off the team, and moves to the big city. There, he forms a gay football team and challenges his former side to a game, finding his first love and new friends. Thanks to the match, Ecki regains his dignity and the village’s respect for his family as well as changing his life and that of his team mates.
international title: | Guys and Balls |
original title: | Männer wie wir |
working title: | Lattenknaller |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Telepool |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sherry Hormann |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | DE 07/10/2004, AT 11/11/2004 |
screenplay: | Benedikt Gollhardt |
cast: | Maximilian Brückner, Lisa Maria Potthoff, David Rott, Rolf Zacher |
cinematography by: | Hanno Lentz |
film editing: | Eva Schnare |
art director: | Thomas Freudenthal |
costumes designer: | Gabriele Binder |
music: | Martin Todsharow |
producer: | Kirsten Hager, Eric Moss, Andreas Schneppe |
production: | Hager Moss Film, German Filmproduction GFP, RTL Television |
backing: | FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung Nordrheln-Westfalen, Filmförderungsanstalt FFA |
distributor: | Ottfilm |