Coconut Hero

Movie
German title	Coconut Hero
Original title	Coconut Hero
Country of production	Germany , Canada
Publishing year	2015
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Florian Cossen
script	Elena von Saucken
production	Paul Scherzer , Fabian Maubach , Jochen Laube
music	Matthias Klein
camera	Brendan Steacy
cut	Philipp Thomas
occupation
Alex Ozerov : Mike Tyson Bea Santos : Miranda Krista Bridges : Cynthia Sebastian Schipper : Frank Jim Annan : Pastor RD Reid : Undertaker David Tompa : Social Worker Steven Jeff Clarke : Doctor Udo Kier : Therapist Mr. Morrow

Coconut Hero is a German-Canadian film by Florian Cossen from 2015. The film premiered at the Munich Film Festival and opened in German cinemas on August 13, 2015.

action

Mike Tyson is 16 years old and lives with his mother in the Canadian town of Faintville. Without real friends and without his father, who supposedly lives in Germany, he finds life extremely bleak. He decides to kill himself and at the end of the summer vacation tries to shoot himself with a rifle. When he wakes up in the hospital, however, he finds that the attempt has failed.

Shortly thereafter, Mike was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He sees a second chance to end his life and hides the illness in order to bypass the saving operation. With certain death in mind, however, he learns to feel joy and sadness. He also gets to know Miranda, and his father tries to establish contact with him. Mike starts to doubt whether he really wants to die.

When Miranda dies in an accident, Mike decides to undergo brain surgery, which is successful. Miranda is finally buried in the coffin that Mike had already made for himself.

criticism

The film service described the film as an “impressive youth drama” that combines “existential depth with cheerfulness”, “spiced with a pinch of absurdity and black humor”. “Excellent dialogues and convincing actors” conveyed “credibly” that “one can only appreciate life”, “if one accepts dying”.

Web links

• Official website
• Coconut Hero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Coconut Hero at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Coconut Hero . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 152 893 K).
2. ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed September 9, 2015 . 
3. ^ Wolfgang Hamdorf: Coconut Hero. Filmdienst , 16/2015, accessed on September 9, 2015 (short review ).