On the North Sea coast, jack of all trades Knud tries his hand at crab fishing, betting on sports and small-time cons. He’s just trying to score an award for his Shanty Choir, which has seen better days, when his son Lenny shows up for the first time in a decade.
Is. This. My. Son? No matter how often Tobias Wilke poses this question, there's always only one answer: Yes! Tobias, can't believe his eyes when he comes to the airport to pick up his 17-year-old son Finn – and learns that Finn is now calling herself Helen and wearing girls' clothes. Finn/Helen reveals that she's always was a girl, and that she used her year abroad in San Francisco to pass the "everyday life" test. This is required by law for everyone preparing for the sex reassignment surgery they will undergo upon reaching majority. Reactions from Helen's friends, acquaintances and schoolmates cover the entire gamut from derision to solidarity. Especially Helen's father, a well-known chef, finds it difficult to accept a situation he cannot understand. But Helen nearly always finds the right words - and humor - to counterbalance the ignorance and jeers of those around her. It is the beginning of a long, winding road towards the sexual identity she is convinced is hers.
Mona, de 14 años, se queda embarazada de un compañero de la escuela. El padre del adolescente es ginecólogo y da clases de educación sexual en la misma escuela, lo que hace tambalear su reputación...
Todos los días, una hora antes de la medianoche, en el viejo Castillo de Eulenstein, el Pequeño Fantasma sale a hacer su recorrido cotidiano. Se aburre y le gustaría ver el mundo exterior… Quizá por eso, al día siguiente de encontrarse con un grupo de niños de excursión al castillo, se despierta tarde y se encuentra perdido en la ciudad, transformado en un pequeño fantasma oscuro por los rayos del sol, aterrorizando involuntariamente a todos los que se encuentran con él. Solo la ayuda de sus pequeños amigos puede salvarle. Una superproducción basada en un cuento de Ottfried Preussler, autor también de “Krabat y el molino del diablo”, entre otros clásicos infantiles.
Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
