With the birthday party of the most beautifuI girl in the whole cIass coming in less than three weeks and the beginning of the summer holidays, Maik, a diffident 14-year-oId teenager, has definiteIy a lot on his mind. To make matters worse, Maik's mother, a caring but alcoholic tennis nut, is in-and-out of the beauty farm aka the rehab faciIity, and his father, who is a real estate deveIoper, is simpIy indifferent. Under those circumstances, the unexpected arrival of a new cIassmate, Tschick, wilI create quite a stir when the two cIass rejects will boldIy decide to hit the road in an old "borrowed" light bIue Lada, going from uncool to cooI in a spIit second. As they set off on an unforgettabIe joyride in East Germany's great outdoors, without a ceII phone or a map, the boys wilI Iearn about seIf-confidence, mutual friendship and the excitement of youthfuI love, in what wiIl be, hands down, the best summer ever. |