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Home2Home

Home2Home tells the story of Dennis Kailing who travels 43,600 km (27,000 miles) through 41 countries on 6 continents to circumnavigate the planet in 761 days. He does it on a bicycle - on his first bike journey ever.

With the question "What makes you happy", but without experience in bike traveling, the 24-year-old from Germany jumps directly into the deep end and simply sets off - always heading east. He travels alone, but is rarely lonely: many encounters with interesting, crazy or completely "normal” people give him insights that ordinary tourists rarely experience. While others like a well-structured all inclusive tour, this bike tour is a journey into uncertainty. But in the uncertainty hides the biggest adventure - Dennis gradually becomes aware of this.

In addition to breathtaking landscapes and a good portion of humor, "Home2Home" also shows the unpleasant sides of a long bike trip: never-ending rain in the Andes of South America, illness between golden pagodas in Myanmar and loneliness in the endless expanses of the Australian Outback.

After 43,600 kilometers in 41 countries on 6 continents and the circumnavigation of our planet, Dennis returns back - from the west - to the place from which he set out - to the east - two years earlier. In the end, he came a little closer to his question ’What makes you happy’ - mostly it's just a very simple, tiny, but completely natural thing.

  • Dennis Kailing
    Director
  • Dennis Kailing
    Writer
  • Dennis Kailing
    Producer
  • Dennis Kailing
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Bicitando el mundo (Spanish), Besser Welt als Nie (German)
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 51 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    164,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica
  • Language:
    English, German, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1 : 2,35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The German version was released in German cinemas in 2020 with 75.000 viewers to this day, but the English and Spanish version never had any distribution, never went to any Film Festival, but all three Versions are available on Netflix worldwide since June 15th 2022.
    Germany
    Germany
    February 13, 2020
    Cinema Start in Germany
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Distribution Information
  • Dennis Kailing Opticose Production
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dennis Kailing

Dennis Kailing, born 24th of July 1990 in Gelnhausen, Germany, studied civil engineering, got his bachelor degree and realized, that this isn't the way he wants to take. After some time of finding himself, with the age of 24, he took his bicycle and traveled two years around the world. The movie and the book he produced about his journey become a great success in Germany and worldwide.

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