''Romeos'' is a 2011 German romantic

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film written and directed by . It was released theatrically in Germany on 8 December 2011. Prior to its release, the film's screenplay won the Best Treatment Cologne Screenplay Prize in 2007.

Premise

Lukas is a 20-year-old

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in the midst of his transition. After joining the

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gay scene, Lukas meets an attractive bad boy, a

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gay man named Fabio, and an attraction develops between the two men. Lukas is faced with the choice of revealing his identity to Fabio and risking losing everything.

Cast

* as Lukas * as Fabio *

Liv Lisa Fries Liv Lisa Fries (born 31 October 1990 in Berlin) is a German actress who has appeared in several films and who gained an international following as the female lead Charlotte Ritter in the German TV series ''Babylon Berlin'', which first premiered ...

as Ine * as Sven * as Annette *

Gilles Tschudi Gilles Tschudi is a Swiss actor, born in 1957. He is notable for his 2004 Swiss Film Prize for "Performance in a Supporting Role" as "Secretary Goltz" in '' Jagged Harmonies: Bach vs. Frederick II'' and for appearing in the films '' Grounding' ...

as Herr Boeken * as Lukas' mother * Johannes Schwab as Lukas' father * Tessa Lukat as Leila * as Blondie * as Svens Freund * Ralf Rotterdam as Cassy Carrington

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