Two farmboys slowly and exquisitely fall for each other in this beautiful debut feature hot young director, Benjamin Cantu. Marko is an apprentice at a large agricultural school outside Berlin where the days are passed with hard physical labour, working the land. The rest of the apprentices see him as a bit of a loner, and as the final exams approach, Marko keeps himself to himself. But when new apprentice, Jacob joins the farm, Marko takes immediate interest, and begins to open up to him.
In the height of the summer heat, with their days spent in fields of gold and nights skinny-dipping in the local lake, it’s only when the two break out for a night in Berlin together that everything changes irrevocably. This is a tender film about Halcyon days, with a strong message about human nature at its heart.
GERMANY | 2011 | 88:00 | Dir. Benjamin Cantu
German with English Subtitles.
As part of the Gaze Dublin International LGBT Film Festival
