''My Friend from Faro'' (german: Mein Freund aus Faro) is 2008 German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
. It marks the directorial debut of
Nana Neul and stars
Anjorka Strechel and Lucie Hollmann. The film premiered on 16 January 2008 at the Max Ophüls Festival, and was awarded the Fritz Raff Screenplay Award.
Plot
Mel, an androgynous teenage tomboy in a dead end job, is obsessed with everything Portuguese. When she meets Jenny, Mel quickly decides that the only way to build a relationship with her is by assuming the alter ego of a Portuguese boy.
Cast
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Anjorka Strechel - Mel Wandel
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Lucie Hollmann - Jenny Schmidt
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Manuel Cortez
Manuel Armando Cortez (born 24 May 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German-Portuguese actor, creative director and photographer.
Life and career
At the age of ten, he visited the children's drama school in Lisbon. Shortly after, he gradua ...
- Nuno
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Florian Panzner
Florian Panzner (born 20 July 1976) is a German actor who has been active since 1999.
Life and career
Panzner studied at the University of Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg. In 2000, he played the role of Truffaldino in the comedy ''The S ...
- Knut Wandel
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Tilo Prückner - Willi Wandel
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Isolda Dychauk
Isolda Dychauk (born 4 February 1993) is a German actress of Russian descent.
Career
Isolda Dychauk was born in 1993 in Surgut (West Siberia) and moved to Berlin in 2002 with her mother. In addition to her native language Russian, she learn ...
- Bianca
References
Further reading
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External links
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''My Friend from Faro'' (''Mein Freund aus Faro'') at
BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of fi ...
''My Friend from Faro''at Cineuropa
''Mein Freund aus Faro''at
Lumiere
2008 films
2008 LGBT-related films
German romantic drama films
2000s German-language films
German LGBT-related films
Lesbian-related films
LGBT-related romantic drama films
2008 romantic drama films
2000s German films
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