MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS
Filmfest 2019
PT: MEINE WUNDERBAR SELTSAME WOCHE MIT TESS
OT: MIJN BIJZONDER RARE WEEK MET TESS
Germany, Netherlands 2019
Original version
(Original: German)
Director: Steven Wouterlood
Section: Kinderfilmfest
What a start to the family vacation! Ten-year-old Sam is vacationing with his family on the Dutch island of Terschelling and his older brother Jorre breaks his leg on the first day. It’s a pain to Jorre, but a blessing to Sam. Why? Because it leads to Sam meeting Tess, who is chaotic and fascinating in equal measure. She has a crazy plan - to locate her father, who doesn’t even know he has a daughter, within just one week - and she needs Sam’s help in pulling off this huge caper. A wonderfully strange week ensues, full of contradictory emotions and adventures, in which the kids pose life’s big questions. A witty and profound coming-of-age story.
Recommended for ages 9 and up
School: 3rd-6th grade
Cast: Sonny van Utteren, Josephine Arendsen, Julian Ras, Johannes Kienast, Tjebbo Gerritsma
Credits
Screenplay: Laura van Dijk
Original Material: Anna Woltz
Director of Photography: Sal Kroonenberg
Film Editor: Christine Houbiers
Composer: Franziska Henke
Production Designer: Florian Legters
Costume Design: Margriet Procee
Sound: Jos ten Klooster
Producer: Joram Willink, Piet-Harm Sterk
Production Company: BIND
Co-Producer: Marcel Lenz, Guido Schwab, Anna van der Staak
Co-Production Company: Ostlicht Filmproduktion GmbH, VPRO
World Sales: Picture Tree International GmbH
Distributor: farbfilm verleih
Director: Steven Wouterlood
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