GUYS AND BALLS
aka MÄNNER WIE WIR
Year: 2004
USA: Regent Releasing
Cast: Maximilian Bruckner, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Dietmar Bär, Saskia Vester, Rolf Zacher, Mariele Millowitsch, David Rott
Director: Sherry Horman
Country: Germany
Language: German (English subtitles)
USA: 106 mins
USA Rated: R for sexual content, nudity and language
USA Release Date: 28 April 2006 (Limited Release - New York and Los Angeles)
(in German)
Synopsis
Ecki ia a young man who works in a bakery in Dortmund but also plays soccer for his local football team. Already a target for playing badly in recent matches, his homophobic team members chuck him out of the team when they find out he's gay.
Undeterred Ecki forms his own gay football team with the help of his sister and a former soccer star and then challenges his old team to a rival match in this romantic comedy.