Mein Freund aus Faro

Deutschland 2007/2008 Spielfilm

Summary

To Faro

Mel (22) is a young woman with boyish looks and build, whose short hair and baggy clothes hide her femininity. She has a humdrum job, preparing airline food for a nearby airport, and has big plans to escape with her brother Knut (25) and see the world.

But Mel’s dreams crash to Earth when Knut tells her his girlfriend, Vicky, is pregnant. His well-intended pressure that she should find herself a boyfriend is shrugged off by Mel telling him she already has one. Except... she hasn’t.

Fortunately, Mel has a Portuguese colleague, Nuno, who is happy to take her money and play the part for her at Knut’s engagement party. Unfortunately, he plays the part all too well and Mel’s family is smitten with him, inviting him to come by more often. To which Nuno cannot say no.

Mel, now aimless and defeated, goes for a night-time drive through the countryside, a packet of Nuno’s Portuguese cigarettes on the back seat. When two young hitch hikers, Jenny and Bianca (14), mistake her for a Portuguese man, Mel grabs the opportunity and reinvents herself. Now, as Miguel, Mel spends an exciting night at the disco with the two girls, and falls head over heels in love with Jenny.

With Nuno as the object of her research and the source of her new identity, Mel/Miguel is the romantic individual Jenny has been looking for, someone so different to the boys in her clique, and a gentle love affair develops. But Bianca is suspicious and jealous, as is her brother Bernd, who thought he was Jenny’s guy.

Before Mel can tell Jenny the truth, Bernd and Bianca have already poisoned Jenny’s mother’s mind. Great confusion ensues as the mother turns up at Mel’s family and accuses a Portuguese man of seducing her underage daughter. Nuno becomes the scapegoat while Mel finally manages to reveal her true identity to Jenny. The news spreads quickly and Jenny is no longer able to prevent her clique setting out to seek revenge ...

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

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Credits

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Shoot

    • 16.07.2007 - 21.08.2007: Münsterland (Billerbeck, Greven, Münster), Norderney
Duration:
2534 m, 93 min
Format:
16mm + HDcam - überspielt auf 35mm, 1;:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.08.2008, 115049, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 16.01.2008, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 30.10.2008

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Mein Freund aus Faro

Versions

Original

Duration:
2534 m, 93 min
Format:
16mm + HDcam - überspielt auf 35mm, 1;:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.08.2008, 115049, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 16.01.2008, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 30.10.2008

Awards

Max-Ophüls-Preis Saarbrücken 2008
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