Straight (2007 film)
Straight is a 2007 German film by director Nicolas Flessa.
| Straight | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nicolas Flessa |
| Produced by | Alexander Salokin (producer) Piera Pos (executive) |
| Written by | Nicolas Flessa |
| Starring | Beba Ebner Eralp Uzun Florian Sonnefeld Oktay Özdemir Özgür Ozata Hakan Can |
| Music by | Boris Bojadzhiev |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Vaccaro |
| Edited by | Nicolas Flessa |
| Distributed by | Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (Germany) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot
The young German-Polish Jana does everything possible to give the impression of a straight acting woman. Her good-looking, bourgeois friend David and her pretence to work for a newspaper are attempts to hide her inner conflicts and her true occupation of a social worker in the low-prestigious Berlin district of Neukoelln.
But there is the young German Turk Nazim, who also tries hard to keep up the appearance of straightness. Night after night he goes out with his homies, dances with girls like Jana and deals with drugs on Hermann Square. Neither his best buddy Akin nor his playmates are suspicious.
Since his nocturnal encounter with a young German guy on Sonnenallee it has got more difficult for him to keep up the façade of normal life. This is the beginning of a love triangle that is dangerous for the self-understanding of all parties: because Nazim's new lover is no one else but Janas boy friend David...
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Beba Ebner | Jana |
| Eralp Uzun | Nazim |
| Florian Sonnefeld | David |
| Oktay Özdemir | Akin |
| Annabelle Dorn | Julia |
| Soner Ulutas | Firat |
| Hakan Can | Orhan |
| Özgür Özata | Hakan |
Festivals
- Verzaubert Film Festival (Munich/Berlin/Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany)
- Pink Apple Festival (Zurich, Switzerland)
- New York LGBT Film Festivals (New York City, USA)
- Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Philadelphia, USA)
- Perlen Filmfestival (Hannover, Germany)
- Reeling Festival (Chicago, USA)
- Outview Festival (Athens, Greece)
- Chéries-Chéris Festival (Paris, France)
Music
In addition to the soundtrack of Boris Bojadhziev the Berlin Band Kitty Solaris contributed some songs to the film:
- Songs In The Radio (from the album Smells Like Summer, 2004)
- Changing Cards (from the album Future Air Hostess, 2007)
- Permanent Vacation (from the album Different People Recording, 2003)
External links
- Straight on IMDb
- http://www.straight-derfilm.de/
- http://www.pinkapple.ch/2008/php/detail.php?id=167&ort=zuerich