WESTWIND
synopsis
Doreen und Isabel are 17-year-old twins from rural Saxony in East Germany. The two are successful oarswomen practicing hard to be accepted at a renowned boarding school for athletes. In 1988, a year before the Berlin Wall came down, they have the chance to spend the summer at Lake Balaton in the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. Already on their way to the young pioneer camp, the twins meet a group of guys from the West German city of Hamburg. Doreen falls in love with Arne. For the first time the sisters don´t share everything and need to take the most momentous decision of their lives.
international title: | Westwind |
original title: | Westwind |
working title: | Zwillinge |
country: | Germany, Hungary |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robert Thalheim |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | DE 25/08/2011 |
screenplay: | Ilja Haller, Susann Schimk |
cast: | Friederike Becht, Luise Heyer, Franz Dinda, Volker Bruch |
cinematography by: | Eeva Fleig |
producer: | Susann Schimk, Jörg Trentmann, Judit Stalter, Gábor Rajna |
production: | credo:film GmbH, Laokoon Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE GEIE |
backing: | German Federal Film Board, German Federal Film Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, BKM |