Thirteen-year-old Maik feels invisible: his emotionally distant father and alcoholic mother are completely absorbed by their own problems and don’t pay him attention. Things aren’t any better in school, and for some reason, the prettiest girl in class is avoiding him. His only friend is Tschick, his mischievous peer who lives in a high rise with Russian immigrants in Hellersdorf. In a moment of recklessness, the duo steals a car and embarks on a road trip on scorching provincial asphalt. A humorous blend of a coming-of-age and road film, Tschick is an adaptation of one of the most popular German young adult novels, written by Wolfgang Herndorf.