Dreaming of a life of urban gay bliss, a 22-year-old moves to Berlin to be with his more cosmopolitan photographer boyfriend, but finds his life completely upended when he’s dumped shortly after arriving.
Drifter stars Lorenz Hochhuth as Moritz, the 22-year-old in question. Alone in a new city where he doesn’t know anyone – and with little more than a clarinet to his name – Moritz is pushed to reimagine his life as a single gay man in the hedonistic party capital of Europe.
Trading his small town appearance for a more gender-fluid/classic punk aesthetic, Moritz dives into the city’s vibrating techno world and learns to express his repressed desires, but he also starts to lose himself in drugs and emotional alienation.
With the help of his queer friends, he soon develops his own ideas of sexuality and masculinity, leading him a little closer to finding himself.
From first-time feature director Hannes Hirsch, Drifter is a riveting film that looks beneath the seductive surface of a hedonistic culture, revealing the actual people who live and thrive within.
Watch the trailer for Drifter below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.
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