Center of My World

Nov 10, 2016

1h 55m

★ 7.2

Overview

A strange family: 17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he returns from summer camp, the mood in the mansion has soured somehow. Phil doesn’t worry about it, hanging out with his best friend Kat instead. When he starts to feel attracted to a mysterious new student at school, Phil is plunged into emotional turmoil only exacerbated by the trouble at home.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

ORF

UFA

Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion

Mojo Pictures

ARTE

WDR

Prisma Film

Center of My World Trailers

Cast

Phil

Louis Hofmann

Glass

Sabine Timoteo

Dianne

Ada Philine Stappenbeck

Nicholas

Jannik Schümann

Kat

Svenja Jung

Tereza

Inka Friedrich

Michael

Sascha Alexander Geršak

Pascal

Nina Proll

Kyle

Clemens Rehbein

Lehrerin

Aurélie Thépaut

Mutter des Brocken

Nadja Zwanziger

Lehrer Hänel

Thomas Goritzki

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