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A Young Man With High Potential

A Young Man With High Potential

20195.31h 25m

Overview

Piet, who is studying computer science, is as inexperienced sexually as he is intelligent. When he notices that his feelings for Klara, a fellow student, are not really reciprocal, he is deeply hurt. After trying out sleeping pills on himself, he drugs Klara, with unexpected consequences.

Directed by Linus de Paoli
Written by Anna de Paoli, Linus de Paoli
Produced by Gerhard Hahn, Anna de Paoli
Box OfficeBudget: $180K0

Top Cast

Adam Ild Rohweder

Adam Ild Rohweder

Piet Carnell

Paulina Gałązka

Paulina Gałązka

Klara Koslowski

Amanda Plummer

Amanda Plummer

Ketura Stantz

Pit Bukowski

Pit Bukowski

Alex

V

Vania Bajdarova

Nathalie

Laurence Roothooft

Laurence Roothooft

Kylie

S

Sheraz Khan

Delivery Boy

Prodromos Antoniadis

Prodromos Antoniadis

Professor Karadimos

Themes & Keywords

drug useunrequited lovecomputer scientistclassmates

About A Young Man With High Potential

A Young Man With High Potential is a crime, thriller film released in 2019 exploring themes of drug use, unrequited love, computer scientist, classmates. Directed by Linus de Paoli, it stars Adam Ild Rohweder, Paulina Gałązka, Amanda Plummer. Piet, who is studying computer science, is as inexperienced sexually as he is intelligent. When he notices that his feelings for Klara, a fellow student, are not really reciprocal, he is deeply hurt. After trying out sleeping pills on himself, he drugs Klara, with unexpected consequences.

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