Ein Freund von mir

A Friend Of Mine

Karl and Hans could hardly be more different. Karl is a young, introverted mathematician who is on his way to becoming the star of an insurance agency. Success seems to fall into his lap; he′s earning good money, has a super flat. The only thing is that he doesn′t seem to care about anything; he has never felt what it is to be happy. His boss desperately tries to get some reaction out of him and sends him off to estimate the risk factor in the tricky rental car business. Karl gets himself a job with a car rental in order to secretly observe the situation. There he meets Hans. Bubbling over with energy and drive, Hans takes Karl into his own world, a world of fast cars, fun and friendships, and the world of Stelle, his princess, the girl he loves and wants to marry. When Hans gets Karl to go on a wild car chase completely naked in two Porsches, Karl finally feel something like happiness and a real friendship with Hans. But he also feels something like love, because he′s never met a woman like Stelle before. Just when Karl is beginning to experience life and happiness for the first time, his friendship with Hans is put to a severe test …

Director Sebastian Schipper′s collaboration with co-producer Tom Tykwer goes back to Tykwer′s "Wintersleepeers" and "Run, Lola run" in which Schipper participated as an actor. Tykwer then produced Schipper′s first feature film "Absolute Giganten", which, like the comedy "A Friend of mine", is about male friendships.

Source: 57. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)