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Technical data
Year: 2008
Language: German
Country: Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Duration: 83 min
Producers: Nicolas Steil - Iris Productions
Carac Films (CH)
Distribution: Iris Productions (Luxembourg)
Frenetic Films (Switzerland)
Awards and festivals
Honorary Award at the Festival du Lac de Thoune - Switzerland - 2009
Young Audience Award, Ezetera Preis, at the Film Festival Emden/Nordeney - Germany - 2009
Bern Canton Cinema Award - Switzerland - 2008
Festival Augenblick, Alsace Cinéma, Benfeld - France - 2010
Festival International Madeira - Portugal - 2010
Nominated for the Best Film Music Award at the Cinéma Suisse Price - Switzerland - 2009
12ième Universciné Nantes, Festival du Cinéma Allemand - France - 2009
FILMZ-Festival des Deutschen Kinos, Mainz - Germany - 2009
Festival Internacional de Cine Madrid Mostoles - Spain - 2009
Official selection at the Nordic Film Festival Haugesund - Norway - 2009
Internationales Film Festival in Emden-Nordeney - Germany - 2009
19th Filmkunstfest Schwerin - Germany - 2009
Kulturstiftung Eurasia Foundation Orenburg - Russia - 2009
International Film Festival San Luis Opbispo - United States - 2009
Fünf Seen Filmfestival de Starnberg - Germany - 2009
Official selection Leeds International Film Festival (23th Edition) - Great Britan - 2009
Official selection at the Ourense International Film Festival (14thEdition) - Spain - 2009
Official competition Max Ophüls Filmfestival - Germany - 2009
Solothurner Filmtage - Germany - 2009
22th Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig - Germany - 2008
World Premiere at the Festival in Zurich - Switzerland - 2008
Synopsis
24 year old Meikel has to leave his best friend Björn behind on the Maldives at the end of their holidays. Freedom-loving Björn has decided not to return to everyday life. Back home, Meikel notices that something must have happened during his absence that his family can’t talk about. They advise him not to push his friend to return from the Maldives. Meikel’s curiosity is aroused and he does utmost to unravel the dark secret surrounding Björn’s stay on the Maldives. The more he understands the more aware he is that it is not Björn he has to save but himself.