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.
Louis Hofmann
Phil
Sabine Timoteo
Glass
Ada Philine Stappenbeck
Dianne
Jannik Schümann
Nicholas
Svenja Jung
Kat
Inka Friedrich
Tereza
Sascha Alexander Geršak
Michael
Nina Proll
Pascal
Clemens Rehbein
Kyle
Aurélie Thépaut
Lehrerin
Center of My World is a drama, romance film released in 2016 exploring themes of coming of age, lgbt, gay theme. Directed by Jakob M. Erwa, it stars Louis Hofmann, Sabine Timoteo, Ada Philine Stappenbeck. 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.
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