Halt mich fest! (2000)

A rock ‘n’ roll outfit is reunited for a last, lost weekend in the heartfelt German drama Halt mich fest! (2000). Following the death of founding member Freddi (Lars Rudolph), the disbanded Deutsch group the Trompeters decides to get back together for a brief farewell tour. Rita (Anna Loos), Johnny (Jan Josef Liefers), and Karl (Jan Gregor Kemp) strap on their guitars, fuel up the van, and hit the road in search of some kind of closure. Unfortunately it isn’t long before they experience the same tension that caused the band to implode in the first place. Ah well––at least director Horst Johann Sczerba understands that you can’t have rock ‘n’ roll without the sex and drugs. Johanna Gastdorf and Marion Mainka join Loos for long, languorous reveals to match their blistering riffs.