Plot Summary

In East Berlin in the late 70s, two boys meet one evening in a disco: Thomas, who is from a working class family and is doing an apprenticeship, and Michael, a 16-year-old school pupil from an educated middle-class family. They both miss the tram home and walk together instead, ending up at Michael’s house where they discuss God and the world into the early hours. Following this encounter the two boys enter into an unusual friendship, united by their mutual desire to get away from the phoniness, the limitations and the restrictions of their parents and of society.

Movie Details

Original Title
Banale Tage
Status
released
Original Language
de

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio Babelsberg
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "DaDaeR"