Whether gay or straight, the majority of mainstream teen romances are populated by impossibly photogenic lookers. Yet theres something disconcertingly Aryan about the statuesque kids in this German rites-of-passage pic.
Any story about confused sexual identity is going to litter the action with bodies beautiful to make the leads choice more agonising. But here the camera fetishises in a decidedly Jarmanian manner thats at odds with lead actor Robert Stadlobers gauche hesitancy. His emotional cruelty towards would-be girlfriend Alicja Bachleda-Curus also feels overdone.