A HORSE ON THE BALCONY
synopsis
Mika, a ten-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, has always found it difficult to make friends — until he meets Dana, a tell-it-like-it-is girl who thinks that the weirdest thing about Mika is that he likes math. Hearing a strange sound outside his building one winter night, Mika encounters the bizarre sight of a horse standing on a balcony across the courtyard. Mika and Dana soon learn that the horse belongs to Sascha, a former math teacher who won the horse in a lottery and is eager to sell it in order to pay off a gambling debt. Forming a remarkable bond with the horse, Mika enlists Dana in a bold plan to keep the animal and help Sascha out of his trouble. This extraordinary tale of friendship reminds us that our differences are what make us who we are.
| international title: | A Horse on the Balcony |
| original title: | Das Pferd auf dem Balkon |
| country: | Austria |
| year: | 2012 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Hüseyin Tabak |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | AT 23/11/2012, DE 19/09/2013 |
| screenplay: | Milan Dor |
| cast: | Enzo Gaier, Natasa Paunovic, Nora Tschirner, Andreas Kiendl, Bibiane Zeller, Ernst Stankovski, Branko Samarovski |
| cinematography by: | Peter von Haller |
| film editing: | Fabian Rüdisser |
| art director: | Julia Oberndorfinger, Attila Plangger |
| costumes designer: | Monika Buttinger, Theresa Ebner-Lazek |
| music: | Judit Varga |
| producer: | Katja Dor-Helmer |
| production: | Mini Film |
| backing: | Film Fond Wien, ORF |
| distributor: | Filmladen, Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH |
















