Based on Wolfgang Herrndorf's best-selling YA novel, this coming-of-age tale finds two teens taking the car they initially stole to impress one of their crushes across the German countryside with the vague ambition of finding something meaningful to do. As they drive past the Autobahn into the country’s vast rural areas, the unpopular Maik and the equally outcast Russian expat, Andrej “Tschick,” get to know each other through the duration of their summer holiday. The people and situations they encounter test their teenage nonchalance, and the film explores the very real aftermath of such a fanciful journey. Praised for its cinematography, which captures the expansiveness of the German landscape, and the actors’ low-key approach to the material, Tschick finds transcendence in uncompromising adolescent adventure.

Age recommendation: 12+