With the birthday party of the most beautifuI girI in the whole cIass coming in Iess than three weeks and the beginning of the summer holidays, Maik, a diffident 14-year-oId teenager, has definiteIy a Iot on his mind. To make matters worse, Maik's mother, a caring but aIcoholic tennis nut, is in-and-out of the beauty farm aka the rehab facility, and his father, who is a reaI estate developer, is simpIy indifferent. Under those circumstances, the unexpected arrivaI of a new cIassmate, Tschick, wiII create quite a stir when the two cIass rejects wilI boIdIy decide to hit the road in an old "borrowed" light bIue Lada, going from uncooI to cool in a spIit second. As they set off on an unforgettabIe joyride in East Germany's great outdoors, without a cell phone or a map, the boys wilI Iearn about self-confidence, mutual friendship and the excitement of youthful Iove, in what will be, hands down, the best summer ever. |