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Center Of My World (Die Mitte der Welt) [Sub: Eng]
The seventeen-year-old Phil (Louis Hofmann) is on the search. As little as he knows about his past and especially his father, his presence is so chaotic: with his mother Glass (Sabine Timoteo), who once again has a new lover (Sascha Alexander Gerak) who does not seem to give up as fast as his Predecessor. With his twin sister Dianne (Ada Philine Stappenbeck), who is increasingly withdrawing into her own world, which she shares with no one. There is an enigmatic ice age between Tereza (Inka Friedrich) and Pascal (Nina Proll), who also belong to Phil's patchwork family. Good at least to his best friend Kat (Svenja Jung), with the He can chill and hang out. And then it happens: A new pupil enters the class after the summer holidays and Phil falls immortal in the second. Nicholas (Jannik Schümann) seems to answer his feelings, but he also gives Phil many puzzles. The chaos is perfect. The first great love, but also envy, jealousy and mystery, which is not least the friendship with Kat to a hard trial. Phil's search for his center of the world is becoming more pressing.
12 January 1974, Vienna, Austria
1975, Balingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
3 June 1997
September 14, 2017
It's almost aggressively twee at times, and a subplot with Phil's distant twin sister is underdeveloped, but there's enough emotional nuance to elevate it above the status of escapist whimsy.September 11, 2017
Austrian filmmaker Jakob M. Erwa adds charm and quirk to this German same-sex romance ...September 15, 2017
It's a delicately told tale and one that is greatly enriched by the winning lead performance from Louis Hofmann.September 15, 2017
Erwa's emotional candour ensures his film will strike resonant chords with anybody who spent their formative years extricating themselves from strangulating family ties.October 13, 2017
Still, as generic middle-brow entertainment goes, Centre of my World functions adequately. You wish the characters well. You crave for neat endings.