The Boy in the Ocean
2016•15m•3.3•Released
Drama
The 12-year-old German boy, Mathias, discovers his sexuality on a sailing boat in Denmark. Surrounded by water, trapped on the boat with his parents, who still treat him like a child, his desire is to get on land to have new experiences.
Director
Friedrich Tiedtke
Writer
Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen, Friedrich Tiedtke
Languages
Danish, German
Studio
Zentropa Productions 2
Cast
Mika Seidel
Mathias
Andreas Nickl
Ralf
Barbara Philipp
Marianne
Mikkel Jacobsen
Thomas
Anders Khayat
Benjamin
Fie London
Emilie
Production
Company
Zentropa Productions 2
Producer
Friedrich Tiedtke
Producer
Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen
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