The hottest summer on record, first love, a night that changes everything. Christoph Kramer’s debut catapults us back to that time in life when everything seemed possible, when the greatest happiness and the deepest despair lay just a heartbeat apart.
It's the summer of 2006, one heat record follows another, and the World Cup is changing the country – and 15-year-old Chris’s whole life is changing, too. He spends his evenings with his friends on the roof of the old barn and sleeps away the hot days at the outdoor pool. He dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, but more than anything, he wants to finally be cool.
Chris is a teenager like any other, searching for himself. Then the unbelievable happens: Debbie, the most beautiful girl in school, shows an interest in him, of all people. And so begins an emotional rollercoaster ride. Chris goes all in, even as he never forgets what really matters: friendship and the certainty of having really lived.
A wonderfully melancholy homage to the magic of beginnings, to the enchantment of first love, and, last but not least, to friendship – the story of an unforgettable summer. Full of heart, and told with extraordinary sensitivity to the little things that mean everything in life.
