Sugar Orange
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58% Critic Match

Sugar Orange

5.8 / 10 2004 1h 26mNR German
DramaRomance

Storyline

Lukas is Sugar, Clemens is Orange. Together, they are two ten-year-old boys who are inseparable. More than just playmates, they share a unique bond which seems predestined to last a lifetime. Until, that is, powerful emotions come to the fore and a misunderstanding leads to a rift which tears both them and their world apart. Twenty years later, Lukas is still terrified of being abandoned. He survives by forming loose relationships which don't threaten him. Then one day he meets Lena who turns his feelings upside down and awakens his inner child, the one still searching for unconditional friendship. While there is never a guarantee of security, there is a bond of trust, and through Lena, Lukas again makes contact with Clemens. After years of silence, they are finally able to exorcise their ghosts in an explosion of emotion.

Cast & Crew

Sabine Timoteo

Sabine Timoteo

Lena

Lead
Lucas Gregorowicz

Lucas Gregorowicz

Leo

Hyun Wanner

Hyun Wanner

Orange

Kai Michael Müller

Kai Michael Müller

Sugar

Bruno Cathomas

Bruno Cathomas

Frank

Barnaby Metschurat

Barnaby Metschurat

Basketballspieler

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andreas Struck's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Sugar Orange is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker