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Mood:
- SexualSincereEmotionalSentimentalTouchingBittersweet
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Plot:
- Gays and LesbiansPsychologicalSexual RelationsComing OutGenderSocietyCouplesProstitute more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMusic ConcertMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- EuropeGermany
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Coming Out, 1989
German
East Germany
Profile of Coming Out
Coming Out can be described as sexual, sincere, and bittersweet. The plot revolves around coming out, psychological motives, and society. The main genres are drama, foreign, and romance. In terms of style, Coming Out is a music concert and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Coming Out is located in Germany. It takes place in the 1980s.
Summary of Coming Out
Truly a landmark film, Coming Out is billed as the first and only motion picture dealing wiht homosexuality ever produced in communist East Germany. The story centers on Philipp, who was heavily attracted to his best friend throughout childhood, but has now left that behind in order to fit into "normal" society. After moving in with a shy, attractive girl that he genuinely cares for, he finds himself uncontrollably falling for a young man he meets while standing in line for concert tickets. The crux of the plot focuses on Philipp's emotional turmoil as he comes to grips with his own burgeoning sexuality.
Details
| Language: | German |
| Country: | East Germany |
| Release date: | 5 February 1991 |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
Cast and Crew
as Tanja
as Matthias
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Users Reviews
- 30.June.2010
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- by: Rodney Wollam
- Rodney Wollam rated this movie
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