Auszeit (2012)

What's wrong with today's men? In AUSZEIT (TIME OUT), a 45 minute feature film by Sven Wegner, a bunch of men go on a short vacation and set their inhibitions aside. Experiments, rivalry and new loves lead them to redefine of who they are and how they view life. Five men from an amateur soccer team go for a short trip to a lake in Brandenburg. Out of boredom, they try out activities that they have wanted to experience for a long time. Very soon, they forget their inhibitions, reveal a lot about themselves and make themselves vulnerable, resulting in various conflicts. One of the men meets a much younger woman who rekindles a long suppressed longing in him and makes him take a fateful decision. AUSZEIT is a film about the insecurity of men in today's society and the desires that motivate them. It was shown on the "achtung berlin" film festival in 2012. It is an early example of German Mumblecore.