Center of My World
2016 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · 95% critics
A 17-year-old returns from summer camp to a tense, uneasy atmosphere in the family’s old mansion, with a rift at home no one will explain. While trying to ignore the trouble, he leans on a close friendship and gets drawn to a captivating new student, stirring first-love feelings and emotional confusion.
Based on The Center of the World
Also known as Centre of my world · Moi et mon monde
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Details
- Original title
- Die Mitte der Welt
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-11-10
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (274 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tender, emotionally open coming-of-age story that mixes family tension with first love, similar to Princess Cyd or Mario; Not for you if you dislike melodrama, flashbacks, or uneven pacing.
Pros: heartfelt coming-of-age emotions; intimate, authentic tone; strong lead performance | Cons: confusing flashbacks; uneven pacing; some clichéd characters
Themes
- coming of age
- lgbt
- gay theme
Awards & recognition
- New Faces Award · 2017
- audience award · 2016
- Austrian Film Awards 2017
Cast & crew
Louis Hofmann
as Phil
Sabine Timoteo
as Glass
Ada Philine Stappenbeck
as Dianne
Jannik Schümann
as Nicholas
Svenja Jung
as Kat
Inka Friedrich
as Tereza
Sascha Alexander Geršak
as Michael
Nina Proll
as Pascal
- CR
Clemens Rehbein
as Kyle
Aurélie Thépaut
as Lehrerin
Directed by Jakob M. Erwa