Coconut Hero
Filmfest 2015
Germany, Canada 2015
Original version with German subtitles
(Original: English)
World Premiere
Director: Florian Cossen, Elena von Saucken
Section: New German Cinema
It's not easy being a teenager and Mike, a sixteen-year-old, has it espcially hard. He lives in the sticks with his mother, a non-stop nagger, in Faintville, a Canadian timber industry town. He has no father, no friends, not even a favorite meal. Basically, his sole wish is simply to vanish from the face of the earth. One day, Mike writes his own obituary and shoots himself. To his great disappointment he wakes up the in the local hospital. During a routine examination, the doctors discover a plum-sized tumor in his brain. Mike can scarcely believe his luck and keeps the illness to himself to avoid undergoing surgery that would save him. Staring death directly in the eyes, however, changes Mike's point of view and he re-evaluates his opinion of both enchanting and crazy Miranda. Somebody seems to understand him after all.
Cast: Alex Ozerov, Bea Santos, Krista Bridges, Sebastian Schipper, Udo Kier
Credits
Screenplay: Elena von Saucken
Director of Photography: Brendan Steacy
Film Editor: Philipp Thomas
Composer: Matthias Klein
Production Designer: Nazgol Goshtasbpour
Costume Design: Brenda Broer
Sound: David Ottier
Producer: Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Paul Scherzer
Production Company: UFA Fiction, Six Island
Co-Production Company: Cine Plus, UFA Cinema, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Arte
World Sales: Beta Cinema GmbH
Distributor: Majestic Filmverleih GmbH
Director: Florian Cossen, Elena von Saucken
