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GUYS AND BALLS

by Sherry Hormann

synopsis

The young provincial player Ecki is outed as homosexual, thrown off the team, and moves to the big city. There, he forms a gay football team and challenges his former side to a game, finding his first love and new friends. Thanks to the match, Ecki regains his dignity and the village’s respect for his family as well as changing his life and that of his team mates.

international title: Guys and Balls
original title: Männer wie wir
working title: Lattenknaller
country: Germany
sales agent: Telepool
year: 2004
genre: fiction
directed by: Sherry Hormann
film run: 105'
release date: DE 07/10/2004, AT 11/11/2004
screenplay: Benedikt Gollhardt
cast: Maximilian Brückner, Lisa Maria Potthoff, David Rott, Rolf Zacher
cinematography by: Hanno Lentz
film editing: Eva Schnare
art director: Thomas Freudenthal
costumes designer: Gabriele Binder
music: Martin Todsharow
producer: Kirsten Hager, Eric Moss, Andreas Schneppe
production: Hager Moss Film, German Filmproduction GFP, RTL Television
backing: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmstiftung Nordrheln-Westfalen, Filmförderungsanstalt FFA
distributor: Ottfilm

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