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 |