Gigantics
(1999)
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Gigantics
(1999)
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Frank Giering | ... |
Floyd
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| Florian Lukas | ... |
Ricco
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| Antoine Monot Jr. | ... |
Walter
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Julia Hummer | ... |
Telsa
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Jochen Nickel | ... |
Snake
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Albert Kitzl | ... |
Elvis
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Guido A. Schick | ... |
Dulle
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Silvana Bosi | ... |
Walters Oma
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Marcnesium | ... |
Typ mit Rastalocken
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| Johannes Silberschneider | ... |
Hans
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Barbara de Koy | ... |
Irmgard
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Gustav-Peter Wöhler | ... |
Horst
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Michael Sideris | ... |
Dieter
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Hannes Hellmann | ... |
Klaus
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Peter Franke | ... |
Meister
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In the port town of Hamburg, Germany, Floyd decides that he's shipping out to South Africa and Singapore now that his two-year probation for an unspecified juvenile offense has been completed. When he shares the news with his devoted friends Chubby, a mechanic, and Ricco, a fast-food cook and would-be b-boy, they can't comprehend their thoughtful friend's willingness to trade camaraderie for a wider view of the world. Overcoming their anger and bewilderment, the guys decide to spend one last night with Floyd, but the problem, as always, is how to find some fun. A succession of fast-food restaurants, parking garages, and local watering holes chronicles the inherent boredom of life in the provinces. But a run-in with a convention of dragster-racing Elvis impersonators sends the boys and their friend Telsa Julia Hummer on a series of adventures that veers from the farcical to the almost-tragic. Written by Anonymous
The last night together for three friends in Hamburg, before one of them will board a ship to Africa. Crazy, wild, touching. A tribute to their friendship and friendship in general. And a tribute to that unique Northern German city as well. Plus a fantastic soundtrack which adds a lot to the movie: lots of electronic music, some rock, fast, pumping, but also minimal in the lonely moments of the story. Not to forget the great cast of these three unlike friends - and the girl, of course. And, last but not least: A tribute to passion, to what is called "Fernweh" in German, the need to get out of where you are right now and see the whole big world, without - in my impression - forgetting the loneliness that accompanies the traveler who doesn't quite know where he belongs (yet?).
What should I say? It's a wonderful small big movie.