“Weekend Rebels”
Screening on: Saturday, 03.08.2024 | Film start: 21:15
Running time: 109 minutes | Age rating: 6 years and up
Contents in brief:
Mirco (Florian David Fitz) is rarely at home because of his work. His wife Fatime (Aylin Tezel) organizes family life and has her hands full raising baby Lucy and ten-year-old Jason (Cecilio Andresen). Jason is autistic and his everyday life consists of daily routines and strict rules of thumb. Fatime tries everything to give Jason the support he needs, but Jason encounters a lot of incomprehension, especially at school. When the family is advised to move to a special needs school, Mirco also has to prove that he can live up to his role as a father. He makes a pact with his son: Jason promises to do his best to stay at school if Mirco helps him find a favorite football club. After all, everyone in the class is a football fan! However, Jason doesn’t want to decide on a club until he has seen all 56 teams in the first, second and third leagues play live in their home stadiums…
Conclusion: Marc Rothemund and Richard Kropf describe the adventures of the “weekend rebels” Jason and Mirco von Juterczenka in fast forward, but still with a lot of heart and humor and a great cast. What is particularly successful is how the sound and the images allow us at least a small insight into Jason’s otherwise so foreign world.
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