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Teams from all across Germany descend on a quiet camping ground for a week of training leading up to a final rowing competition. The plot follows the members of the RSC rowing club from southern Germany as they train for the regatta. The boys are excited by the prospects of camping with a female rowing team from Berlin. However, by a stroke of fate, the Berlin girls’ team cancels and is replaced by Queerschlag (“Queerstrokes”), a gay youth rowing team, and these boys are out proud and camp it up to their full potential. Amidst the sometimes tense interactions between the members of his team and those of Queerschlag, Tobi (Stadlober) is himself forced to confront his long-time feelings for his friend and team-mate Achim (Ullmann), who is already romantically involved with his girlfriend Sandra (Miriam Morgenstern). Spurned by Achim, Tobi is devastated, but is partly consoled by his new friendship with Queerschlag member Leo (Kittel). The tension between the members of the two teams culminates in a scene set to the backdrop of a summer storm, during which Leo confronts Tobi about his homosexuality in front of his fellow team-mates. Tobi denies being gay, and, in an attempt to defend him, one of his team-mates tells Tobi’s girlfriend Anke (Bachleda-Curuś) to tell the rest of his team-mates so. Anke, the only person to whom Tobi has confided his secret, remains silent.Ultimately, Tobi comes out to his fellow team-mates and his rowing team, who seem to accept Tobi no matter what, and they go on to compete with Queerschlag in the final regatta. —wikipedia

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Aji_0

24Jul12

gay people = SEX. the film would not have needed that. Tobi was depicted as pretty multi-faceted, tho. which was good. I quite enjoyed the acting.

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Rob Bohan

17Feb12

A beautifully shot film full of dappled sunlight. Great acting and a heartfelt coming of age picture. One of the best gay films - it should be compulsory for kids to watch as part of German studies :)

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Heekaru

8Feb11

Pretty good, but I felt like the ending was rushed a bit.

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    Jye Sherwell

    19Oct11

    Yes, I wanted to see more post-coming out footage. Still a really good film regardless.

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