僕の世界の中心は
“君のことを教えて 何でもいい、全部知りたい”
あらすじ
母親のグラス、双子の姉のダイアンとともに暮らす17歳の少年フィル。自由奔放な性格のグラスは、これまで多くの男性たちと恋多き人生を送り、子どもたちの父親が誰なのかを姉弟に明かそうとはしない。サマーキャンプを終えて家に戻って来たフィルは、母親と姉の間にどこか緊張した空気が漂っていることを感じる。やがて始まった学校の新学期、イケメンの転校生ニコラスがクラスに姿を見せ、フィルはひと目で彼と恋に落ちる。
“君のことを教えて 何でもいい、全部知りたい”
母親のグラス、双子の姉のダイアンとともに暮らす17歳の少年フィル。自由奔放な性格のグラスは、これまで多くの男性たちと恋多き人生を送り、子どもたちの父親が誰なのかを姉弟に明かそうとはしない。サマーキャンプを終えて家に戻って来たフィルは、母親と姉の間にどこか緊張した空気が漂っていることを感じる。やがて始まった学校の新学期、イケメンの転校生ニコラスがクラスに姿を見せ、フィルはひと目で彼と恋に落ちる。
監督: Jakob M. Erwa
脚本: Andreas Steinhöfel / Jakob M. Erwa
音楽: Paul Gallister
撮影監督: The Chau Ngo
制作会社: ORF / UFA / Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion / Mojo Pictures / ARTE / WDR / BR / Prisma Film
**Brave and authentic** What does cinema mean to you? To me it means emotions and stories, told with moving images, with music and with words. And, in my opinion, for cinema to be at its greatest it needs to brave and vulnerable. Center of My World is exactly that: brave and vulnerable. And intimate. And true. Its is the story of Phil, a standard teenager, who is just a little gayer than the rest. But him being gay is really not an important part of the story. He struggles with his family, with deeply hidden secrets of the past and their effects in the present, which may break his family apart. And he falls in love for the first time. That's really it. And while watching this in the cinema some people laughed at the film. Because it shows how love is, unironically and over-the-top. It dives deep into Phil's emotions and shows us not only the center of his world, but maybe even the center of THE world (hence the original German title "The Center of the World"). And most people can not let themselves dive into these depths. And if you want to experience this small gem of a movie, you have to make yourself vulnerable, too. Leave your irony at home, just watch this movie as you are - naked and vulnerable. Then you may see what cinema can do, what cinema is for.
