Romeos (film)

Romeos is a 2011 German romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sabine Bernardi [de]. It was released theatrically in Germany on 8 December 2011.^[2][3] Prior to its release, the film's screenplay won the Best Treatment Cologne Screenplay Prize in 2007.^[4]

Romeos
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sabine Bernardi
Written by	Sabine Bernardi
Produced by	Janna Velber Kristina Löbbert
Starring	Rick Okon Maximilian Befort Liv Lisa Fries Felix Brocke Silke Geertz Gilles Tschudi Sigrid Burkholder Johannes Schwab Tessa Lukat Ben Gageik Ralf Rotterdam
Cinematography	Moritz Schultheiß
Edited by	Renata Salazar-Ivancan
Music by	Roland Appel
Production companies	Boogiefilm ZDF
Distributed by	Pro-Fun Media
Release dates	11 February 2011 (2011-02-11) (Berlin) 8 December 2011 (2011-12-08) (Germany)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German English Italian
Box office	$26,324[1]

Premise

Lukas is a 20-year-old gay trans man in the midst of his transition. After joining the Cologne gay scene, Lukas meets an attractive bad boy, a cisgender gay man named Fabio, and an attraction develops between the two men. Lukas is faced with the choice of revealing his identity to Fabio and risking losing everything.

Cast

• Rick Okon [de] as Lukas
• Maximilian Befort [de] as Fabio
• Liv Lisa Fries as Ine
• Felix Brocke [de] as Sven
• Silke Geertz [de] as Annette
• Gilles Tschudi as Herr Boeken
• Sigrid Burkholder [de] as Lukas' mother
• Johannes Schwab as Lukas' father
• Tessa Lukat as Leila
• Julia Schäfle [de] as Blondie
• Ben Gageik [de] as Svens Freund
• Ralf Rotterdam as Cassy Carrington

See also

• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films