Director: Dennis Todorovic
Running Time: 101 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: Janaury 30th, 2012
Sasha is a teenager living in Cologne. The son of immigrant parents, his mother is slightly obsessed with her children bettering themselves, which in Sasha’s case means she wants him to become a renowned classical pianist – although he needs to get into a top music school first. His father meanwhile is a bit of a traditionalist, who feels things should be his way or no way.
However Sasha has more than music on his mind, as he’s coming to terms with the fact that he’s gay, which is brought into focus when the piano teacher he’s secretly in love with announces that he’s leaving Cologne to follow his own dreams. As Sasha tries to absorb this, he sets out to tell his teacher how he feels and try to get him to stay. As Sasha tries to sort out the maze of his own emotions, things begin to spiral out of control and head towards a potentially tragic end. [Read more…]